Nottely River level at Blairsville
Georgia · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 03550500 — NOTTELY RIVER NEAR BLAIRSVILLE, GA · NWS forecast point BRVG1
Reading taken · as of 43 min ago
About normal for the date
At 61 CFS, this gauge is inside the middle half of the 58 years USGS has recorded for this date (1942–2026), at 93% of the 66 CFS median.
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Flood stages at Blairsville
National Weather Service categories for gauge BRVG1, WFO FFC. Impact wording is the NWS's own, verbatim.
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Major flood 21.0 ft
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Moderate flood 18.0 ft
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Minor flood 13.0 ft
- 13.0 ft Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands...fields and pastures upstream and downstream from the gage on Owltown Road. Evacuations will be needed in any recreational parks near the river.
- 14.0 ft Minor flooding continues to expand further into the woodlands...fields and pastures upstream and downstream from the gage on Owltown Road. The recreational parks near the river should be closed due to flooding.
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Action 10.0 ft
- 10.0 ft Bankfull conditions are reached upstream and downstream from the gage on Owltown Road.
- 11.0 ft Bankfull conditions continue upstream and downstream from the gage on Owltown Road. Some flooding of low lying areas in recreational parks will occur.
- Right now 1.63 ft
Flow history at Blairsville
Daily values from USGS 03550500, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for BRVG1 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Blairsville
9 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
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| 19.04 ft | 12,900 CFS | Aug 23, 1967 |
| 15.63 ft | 7,467 CFS | Dec 24, 2015 |
| 14.88 ft | 6,837 CFS | Mar 26, 2021 |
| 14.78 ft | 8,500 CFS | Mar 11, 1952 |
| 14.68 ft | 6,674 CFS | Oct 29, 2020 |
| 14.28 ft | 7,950 CFS | Oct 4, 1964 |
| 14.04 ft | 7,230 CFS | May 28, 1973 |
| 13.92 ft | 6,524 CFS | Jan 30, 2013 |
| 13.13 ft | 6,770 CFS | Mar 3, 1979 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About Nottely River at Blairsville
In Georgia, below Lake Nottely. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Lake Nottely. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Nottely River at Blairsville — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Lake Nottely affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Nottely River at Blairsville high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 66 CFS, from 58 years of record (1942–2026). Today sits inside the middle half of those years, at 93% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 03550500 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for BRVG1 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.