USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02388900 ETOWAH RIVER AT GA 9, NEAR DAHLONEGA, GA
LOCATION - Lat 34°30'56", long 84°03'37" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Lumpkin County, GA, Hydrologic Unit 03150104, 8.0 miles north on GA 9 from the intersection of GA 136 and GA 9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 69.7 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
DISCHARGE: January 1949 to August 1988 (annual maximum only), July 2004 to September 2005 (discharge measurements only), September 2005 to April 2014.
GAGE-HEIGHT: January 1949 to August 1988 (annual maximum only), September 2005 to April 2014.
GAGE - Satellite telemetry with a water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,270.8 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929. Crest-stage gage was installed from January 14, 1949 to August 05, 1988, at same datum.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge recorded, 9,680 cfs, August 23, 1967; maximum gage-height recorded, 14.22 feet, August 23, 1967; minimum gage-height recorded, 2.27 feet, September 30, 2007 and August 30, 2011; minimum daily discharge, 24 cfs, August 22-24, 2008.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 2005 to April 2014.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket raingage.