Tallulah River above Powerhouse, near Tallulah Falls,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 02181580 sits on the Tallulah River and reads everything draining 184 square miles of the Tugaloo basin. Its datum sits 940 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 28 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Tallulah River at Terrora Pwrhse, near Tallulah Falls,ga, reading 181 square miles.

Normal flows here

The Tallulah River runs a median of 42 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 47 cfs, and January the leanest at 40 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,400 cfs in 2004, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Tallulah River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 36 feet. NWS starts watching it at 34 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.9 feet, in September 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TFLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.