Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road near Matt
Highest listed crest 20.20 ftFlood stage 19.0 ft5 crests since 2015
The Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road near Matt crested above flood stage 3 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2025. The highest, 20.20 ft on February 6, 2020, was minor flooding, 1.20 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Etowah River crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 20.20 ft
- February 6, 2020
- Flood stage
- 19.0 ft
- Major flooding from 31.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 3 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- February 13, 2025
- 20.03 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 17.0 | 2 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 19.0 | 3 | Feb 13, 2025 |
| Moderate flood stage | 29.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 31.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 2015 to 2025. 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
| 1 | Feb 6, 2020 | 20.20 | +1.20 | Minor |
| 2 | Feb 13, 2025 | 20.03 | +1.03 | Minor |
| 3 | Jan 9, 2024 | 19.11 | +0.11 | Minor |
| 4 | Mar 26, 2021 | 18.12 | −0.88 | Action |
| 5 | Jan 4, 2015 | 17.20 | −1.80 | Action |
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.
February 6, 2020: 20.20 ft here, minor flooding
- CantonGA · Feb 7, 2020 · 20.02 ft · Minor
- GA 9 near DawsonvilleGA · Feb 6, 2020 · 14.69 ft · Minor
February 13, 2025: 20.03 ft here, minor flooding
- GA 1 Loop near RomeGA · Feb 14, 2025 · 32.17 ft · Minor
- CantonGA · Feb 13, 2025 · 20.96 ft · Minor
- GA 61 near CartersvilleGA · Feb 13, 2025 · 18.39 ft · Minor
- GA 9 near DawsonvilleGA · Feb 13, 2025 · 14.48 ft · Minor
January 9, 2024: 19.11 ft here, minor flooding
- CantonGA · Jan 10, 2024 · 17.72 ft · Minor
- GA 9 near DawsonvilleGA · Jan 10, 2024 · 14.12 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Etowah River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| GA 136 near Landrum | GA | 16.01 ft, Mar 26, 2021 | 0 |
| GA 9 near Dawsonville | GA | 16.20 ft, Jan 7, 1946 | 0 |
| Kelly Bridge Road near Matt this gauge | GA | 20.20 ft, Feb 6, 2020 | 0 |
| Canton | GA | 26.70 ft, Jan 7, 1946 | 2 |
| Allatoona Lake near Cartersville | GA | 861.19 ft, Apr 10, 1964 | 0 |
| Allatoona Dam above Cartersville | GA | 20.80 ft, Jan 1, 1946 | 4 |
| GA 61 near Cartersville | GA | 37.00 ft, Apr 1, 1886 | 13 |
| Kingston | GA | 31.00 ft, Dec 11, 1919 | 3 |
| GA 1 Loop near Rome | GA | 37.50 ft, Apr 9, 1938 | 0 |
Other gauges in Dawson County
| Dawsonville | 16.37 ft, Mar 26, 2021 | 0 |
| GA 136 near Landrum | 16.01 ft, Mar 26, 2021 | 0 |
| GA 9 near Dawsonville | 16.20 ft, Jan 7, 1946 | 0 |
Dawson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRTG1, 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.