Etowah River at GA 136 near Landrum

Highest listed crest 16.01 ftFlood stage 14.0 ft1 crests since 2021

The Etowah River at GA 136 near Landrum crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2021 to 2021. The highest, 16.01 ft on March 26, 2021, was minor flooding, 2.01 feet above flood stage. 3 other gauges on the Etowah River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 16.01 ft; March 26, 2021; 6,226 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 14.0 ft; Major flooding from 27.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: March 26, 2021; 16.01 ft, minor flooding
Location: Dawson County; Near Gainesville (13.6 mi)
Identifiers: NWS LANG1; USGS 02388975

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Etowah River at GA 136 near Landrum

Action stage	12.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	14.0	1	Mar 26, 2021	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	21.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	27.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

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

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, Etowah River at GA 136 near Landrum

1	Mar 26, 2021	16.01	+2.01	Minor	6,226

The worst floods along the Etowah River

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

March 26, 2021: 16.01 ft here, minor flooding

GA 1 Loop near RomeGA · Mar 26, 2021 · 32.37 ft · Minor
CantonGA · Mar 26, 2021 · 16.69 ft · Minor
GA 9 near DawsonvilleGA · Mar 27, 2021 · 14.27 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Etowah River

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

Flood gauges on the Etowah River

GA 136 near Landrum this gauge	GA	14.0	16.01 ft, Mar 26, 2021	0
GA 9 near Dawsonville	GA	13.0	16.20 ft, Jan 7, 1946	0
Kelly Bridge Road near Matt	GA	19.0	20.20 ft, Feb 6, 2020	0
Canton	GA	16.0	26.70 ft, Jan 7, 1946	2
Allatoona Lake near Cartersville	GA	860.0	861.19 ft, Apr 10, 1964	0
Allatoona Dam above Cartersville	GA	9.0	20.80 ft, Jan 1, 1946	4
GA 61 near Cartersville	GA	18.0	37.00 ft, Apr 1, 1886	13
Kingston	GA	20.0	31.00 ft, Dec 11, 1919	3
GA 1 Loop near Rome	GA	32.0	37.50 ft, Apr 9, 1938	0

Other gauges in Dawson County

Flood gauges in Dawson County

Dawsonville	14.0	16.37 ft, Mar 26, 2021
GA 9 near Dawsonville	13.0	16.20 ft, Jan 7, 1946
Kelly Bridge Road near Matt	19.0	20.20 ft, Feb 6, 2020

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LANG1, 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.