Cartecay River near Ellijay, GA
River level and flood forecast · Gilmer County
Normal1.7 ftas of Mon 4:30 PM
The river is 5.3 ft below flood stage (7 ft).
Flow: 168 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 11 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 9 ft |
| Flood stage | 7 ft |
| Action stage | 6 ft |
| Record crest (April 8, 1938) | 13 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 14 ftMajor flooding continues to expand upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. Widespread inundation flooding affects the townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive with at least four feet of water. Also a large portion of Maple Village Mobile Homes Park floods near the merger of the river and Owltown Creek. The water level will be around two feet deep in a maintenance building on the mobile homes park property and will be in the crawl spaces of some of the manufactured homes.
- 13 ftMajor flooding continues to expand upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. Widespread inundation flooding affects the townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive with at least three feet of water. Also a large portion of Maple Village Mobile Homes Park floods near the merger of the river and Owltown Creek. The water level will be around one foot deep in a maintenance building on the mobile homes park property.
- 12 ftMajor flooding expands upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. Widespread inundation flooding affects the townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive with at least two feet of water. Also a large portion of Maple Village Mobile Homes Park floods near the merger of the river and Owltown Creek. The water level reaches the foundation of a maintenance building on the mobile homes park property.
- 11 ftMajor flooding begins upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. Significant flooding expands and affects the townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive with at least one foot of water. Also a large portion of Maple Village Mobile Homes Park floods near the merger of the river and Owltown Creek.
- 10 ftModerate flooding continues to expand upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. The flooding completely covers the yards behind townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive. Flood waters are in the crawl spaces of the homes and the water level reaches the foundations of the townhouses. Also portions of the Maple Village Mobile Homes Park flood near the merger of the river and Owltown Creek.
- 9 ftModerate flooding begins upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. The flooding expands in the yards behind townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive and enters the crawl spaces of some of the homes. Also the lower portions of the Maple Village Mobile Homes Park begin to flood near the merger of the river and Owltown Creek.
- 8 ftMinor flooding continues upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. The flooding expands of yards behind townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive.
- 7 ftFlood stage is reached and minor flooding begins upstream and downstream from the gage off Georgia Highway 52. Some flooding of yards begins behind townhouses and homes on Riverside Drive.
- 6 ftBankfull conditions are reached along the river upstream and downstream from the stream gage on Georgia Highway 52.
Highest crests on record
- 13 ft — April 8, 1938
- 11.08 ft — December 24, 2015
- 10.4 ft — March 29, 1951
- 10.19 ft — August 1, 2013
- 9.75 ft — March 4, 1979
Recent crests: 8.14 ft (May 9, 2024) · 7.05 ft (January 4, 2023) · 7.37 ft (September 1, 2021) · 9.37 ft (March 26, 2021) · 7.14 ft (February 6, 2020)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (EECG1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.