Toccoa River near Dial, 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 03558000 sits on the Toccoa River and reads everything draining 177 square miles of the Ocoee basin. Its datum sits 1,782 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1913, 93 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 Blue Ridge Lake near Blue Ridge, GA at 232 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 76% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocoee River at Copperhill, TN.

Normal flows here

The Toccoa River runs a median of 378 cfs at this gauge across 93 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 672 cfs, and October the leanest at 210 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,990 cfs in 1967, and the lowest is 60 cfs in 1925.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1913 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Toccoa River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.5 feet, in November 1906.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HURG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Blue Ridge Dam is 7 miles from this gauge on the Toccoa system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Blue Ridge Dam 7 miles
• Nottely Dam 15 miles
• Ocoee No. 3 Dam 22 miles