Settingdown Creek near Ball Ground, 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 02390140 sits on Settingdown Creek and reads everything draining 51 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 1,060 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2005, 21 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 Downstream of I-575, at Canton, GA at 600 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at Canton, GA.

Normal flows here

Settingdown Creek runs a median of 46 cfs at this gauge across 21 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 84 cfs, and September the leanest at 18 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 962 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.7 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2005 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Settingdown Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.2 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FREG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 14 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 14 miles
• Morgan Falls Dam 23 miles