Etowah River near Kingston

Highest listed crest 31.00 ftFlood stage 20.0 ft5 crests since 1919

The Etowah River near Kingston crested at major flood stage 3 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1919 to 1948. The highest, 31.00 ft on December 11, 1919, was major flooding, 11.00 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: 31.00 ft; December 11, 1919; 52,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 20.0 ft; Major flooding from 26.0 ft
Crests at major: 3; 39th of 271 gauges in Georgia
Most recent flood crest: November 30, 1948; 25.90 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Bartow County; Near Cartersville (10.6 mi), Rome (12.5 mi)
Identifiers: NWS KGTG1; USGS 02395000

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Etowah River near Kingston

Action stage	18.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	20.0	1	Jan 3, 1937	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	24.0	1	Nov 30, 1948	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	26.0	3	Jan 9, 1946	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

5 crests from 1919 to 1948. 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, Etowah River near Kingston

1	Dec 11, 1919	31.00	+11.00	Major	52,000
2	Apr 9, 1938	27.70	+7.70	Major	42,700
3	Jan 9, 1946	26.10	+6.10	Major	39,000
4	Nov 30, 1948	25.90	+5.90	Moderate	38,600
5	Jan 3, 1937	22.40	+2.40	Minor	31,800

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.

December 11, 1919: 31.00 ft here, major flooding

CantonGA · Dec 10, 1919 · 26.30 ft · Major
Allatoona Dam above CartersvilleGA · Dec 11, 1919 · 20.00 ft · Major

April 9, 1938: 27.70 ft here, major flooding

GA 61 near CartersvilleGA · Apr 8, 1938 · 29.90 ft · Major
Allatoona Dam above CartersvilleGA · Apr 9, 1938 · 16.50 ft · Major
GA 1 Loop near RomeGA · Apr 9, 1938 · 37.50 ft · Moderate · its highest
CantonGA · Apr 8, 1938 · 22.40 ft · Moderate

January 9, 1946: 26.10 ft here, major flooding

GA 61 near CartersvilleGA · Jan 8, 1946 · 30.40 ft · Major
CantonGA · Jan 7, 1946 · 26.70 ft · Major · its highest
GA 1 Loop near RomeGA · Jan 9, 1946 · 36.20 ft · Moderate
GA 9 near DawsonvilleGA · Jan 7, 1946 · 16.20 ft · Moderate · its highest

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	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 this gauge	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 Bartow County

Flood gauges in Bartow County

Allatoona Dam above Cartersville	9.0	20.80 ft, Jan 1, 1946	4
Allatoona Lake near Cartersville	860.0	861.19 ft, Apr 10, 1964	0
GA 61 near Cartersville	18.0	37.00 ft, Apr 1, 1886	13
Kingston	8.0	9.27 ft, Mar 26, 2021	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KGTG1, 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.