Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel Road near Resaca

Highest listed crest 30.80 ftFlood stage 22.0 ft9 crests since 1938

The Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel Road near Resaca crested above flood stage 9 times among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1938 to 2021. The highest, 30.80 ft on March 30, 1951, was moderate flooding, 8.80 feet above flood stage. 3 other gauges on the Coosawattee River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 3 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 30.80 ft; March 30, 1951; 40,200 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 22.0 ft; Major flooding from 35.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 9 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: March 27, 2021; 24.97 ft, minor flooding
Location: Gordon County; Near Calhoun (6.7 mi), Dalton (14.7 mi)
Identifiers: NWS PING1; USGS 02383520

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel Road near Resaca

Action stage	19.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	22.0	7	Mar 27, 2021	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	30.0	2	Mar 30, 1951	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	35.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

9 crests from 1938 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel Road near Resaca

1	Mar 30, 1951	30.80	+8.80	Moderate	40,200
2	Apr 8, 1938	30.00	+8.00	Moderate	34,000
3	Jan 17, 1954	29.90	+7.90	Minor	35,200
4	Nov 29, 1948	28.30	+6.30	Minor	26,700
5	Mar 14, 1950	28.30	+6.30	Minor	26,200
6	Mar 27, 2021	24.97	+2.97	Minor	15,044
7	Dec 26, 2015	24.05	+2.05	Minor	—
8	Jan 7, 2009	23.22	+1.22	Minor	—
9	Jan 1, 2016	22.94	+0.94	Minor	—

The worst floods along the Coosawattee River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Coosawattee River that crested above flood stage within a week.

March 30, 1951: 30.80 ft here, moderate flooding

CartersGA · Mar 30, 1951 · 36.00 ft · Major · its highest
EllijayGA · Mar 29, 1951 · 20.70 ft · Major · its highest
Pine Chapel / RedbudGA · Mar 30, 1951 · 34.20 ft · Moderate · its highest

April 8, 1938: 30.00 ft here, moderate flooding

CartersGA · Apr 8, 1938 · 33.30 ft · Major

January 17, 1954: 29.90 ft here, minor flooding

Pine Chapel / RedbudGA · Jan 17, 1954 · 33.30 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Coosawattee River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Coosawattee River

Ellijay	GA	8.0	20.70 ft, Mar 29, 1951	17
Carters	GA	20.0	36.00 ft, Mar 30, 1951	5
Pine Chapel / Redbud	GA	25.0	34.20 ft, Mar 30, 1951	0
Pine Chapel Road near Resaca this gauge	GA	22.0	30.80 ft, Mar 30, 1951	0

Other gauges in Gordon County

Flood gauges in Gordon County

Pine Chapel / Redbud	25.0	34.20 ft, Mar 30, 1951	0
Calhoun	21.0	34.15 ft, Feb 19, 1990	0
Resaca	22.0	36.30 ft, Apr 1, 1886	3
GA 53 Spur at Calhoun	18.0	20.21 ft, Dec 29, 2015	0

Gordon County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PING1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.