Shoal Creek at GA 108, near Waleska, 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 02392360 sits on Shoal Creek and reads everything draining 56 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 877 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 20 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 Allatoona Dam Tw, above Cartersville,ga at 1,122 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at GA 61, near Cartersville, GA.

Normal flows here

Shoal Creek runs a median of 45 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 102 cfs, and September the leanest at 14 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,880 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.9 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2006 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Shoal Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.7 feet, in February 2025.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WALG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Allatoona Dam is 10 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Allatoona Dam 10 miles
• Morgan Falls Dam 24 miles
• Carters Rereg Dam 24 miles