Richland Creek at Old Dallas Rd, near Dallas, GA Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02394682 sits on Richland Creek and reads everything draining 2.5 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 797 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2020, 6 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River near Kingston,ga at 1,634 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at GA 1 Loop, near Rome, GA and Etowah River at Coosa Valley F.g, at Rome, GA.

Normal flows here

Richland Creek runs a median of 1.6 cfs at this gauge across 6 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 3.2 cfs, and August the leanest at 1.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 113 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2020.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2020 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Richland Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RCDG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Allatoona Dam is 9 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Allatoona Dam 9 miles