About this river
Canton Creek is a 2.0 mile stream near River Through Atlanta in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Etowah River at Canton, GA (site 02392000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1897 to 2026
Canton Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,520 cfs, and lowest in October, at 490 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 22,700 cfs, in 1946.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,120 | 782 to 1,730 | |
| February | 1,380 | 951 to 2,000 | |
| March | 1,520 | 1,130 to 2,120 | |
| April | 1,515 | 1,110 to 2,000 | |
| May | 1,160 | 891 to 1,490 | |
| June | 920 | 704 to 1,165 | |
| July | 744 | 517 to 1,080 | |
| August | 602 | 429 to 901 | |
| September | 498 | 347 to 722 | |
| October | 490 | 340 to 720 | |
| November | 575 | 428 to 877 | |
| December | 804 | 551 to 1,280 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 98 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Etowah River at Canton, GA (site 02392000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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