Hiwassee River near Streak Hill Road near Hiawassee

Highest listed crest 12.38 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft5 crests since 2015

The Hiwassee River near Streak Hill Road near Hiawassee crested above flood stage 5 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2021. The highest, 12.38 ft on May 30, 2018, was moderate flooding, 3.38 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Hiwassee River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 12.38 ft; May 30, 2018; 5,143 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 9.0 ft; Major flooding from 13.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 5 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: August 17, 2021; 11.40 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Towns County; Georgia
Identifiers: NWS PSYG1; No USGS station

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Hiwassee River near Streak Hill Road near Hiawassee

Action stage	7.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	9.0	2	Mar 26, 2021	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	11.0	3	Aug 17, 2021	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	13.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

5 crests from 2015 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.
1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 15.24 ft on Mar 11, 1952.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Hiwassee River near Streak Hill Road near Hiawassee

1	May 30, 2018	12.38	+3.38	Moderate	5,143
2	Oct 29, 2020	12.12	+3.12	Moderate	5,045
3	Aug 17, 2021	11.40	+2.40	Moderate	4,700
4	Mar 26, 2021	10.75	+1.75	Minor	4,313
5	Dec 29, 2015	10.63	+1.63	Minor	4,223

The worst floods along the Hiwassee River

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

May 30, 2018: 12.38 ft here, moderate flooding

Riverside Drive near HiawasseeGA · May 30, 2018 · 11.22 ft · Minor · its highest

October 29, 2020: 12.12 ft here, moderate flooding

Riverside Drive near HiawasseeGA · Oct 29, 2020 · 10.85 ft · Minor

August 17, 2021: 11.40 ft here, moderate flooding

Riverside Drive near HiawasseeGA · Aug 17, 2021 · 10.87 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Hiwassee River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Hiwassee River

Charleston	TN	22.0	34.00 ft, Mar 31, 1886
Riverside Drive near Hiawassee	GA	10.0	11.22 ft, May 30, 2018
Streak Hill Road near Hiawassee this gauge	GA	9.0	12.38 ft, May 30, 2018

Other gauges in Towns County

Flood gauges in Towns County

Riverside Drive near Hiawassee	10.0	11.22 ft, May 30, 2018	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PSYG1, 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.