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  "lid": "KGTG1",
  "usgsId": "02395000",
  "reachId": "6498944",
  "name": "Etowah River near Kingston",
  "description": "Kingston 3SW",
  "rfc": {
    "abbreviation": "SERFC",
    "name": "Southeast River Forecast Center"
  },
  "wfo": {
    "abbreviation": "FFC",
    "name": "Peachtree City"
  },
  "state": {
    "abbreviation": "GA",
    "name": "Georgia"
  },
  "county": "Bartow",
  "timeZone": "EST5EDT",
  "latitude": 34.208888888889,
  "longitude": -84.978611111111,
  "pedts": {
    "observed": "HGIRG",
    "forecast": "HGIFF"
  },
  "status": {
    "observed": {
      "primary": 3.88,
      "primaryUnit": "ft",
      "secondary": 0.86,
      "secondaryUnit": "kcfs",
      "floodCategory": "no_flooding",
      "validTime": "2026-11-08T22:00:00Z"
    },
    "forecast": {
      "primary": -999,
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      "secondary": -999,
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      "floodCategory": "fcst_not_current",
      "validTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
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  "flood": {
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    "flowUnits": "cfs",
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      "major": {
        "stage": 26,
        "flow": -9999
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      "moderate": {
        "stage": 24,
        "flow": -9999
      },
      "minor": {
        "stage": 20,
        "flow": -9999
      },
      "action": {
        "stage": 18,
        "flow": -9999
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    },
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        {
          "occurredTime": "1919-12-11T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 31,
          "flow": 52000,
          "preliminary": "R",
          "olddatum": false
        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1938-04-09T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 27.7,
          "flow": 42700,
          "preliminary": "O",
          "olddatum": false
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        {
          "occurredTime": "1946-01-09T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 26.1,
          "flow": 39000,
          "preliminary": "O",
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        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1948-11-30T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 25.9,
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          "preliminary": "O",
          "olddatum": false
        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1937-01-03T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 22.4,
          "flow": 31800,
          "preliminary": "O",
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        }
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        {
          "occurredTime": "1948-11-30T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 25.9,
          "flow": 38600,
          "preliminary": "O",
          "olddatum": false
        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1946-01-09T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 26.1,
          "flow": 39000,
          "preliminary": "O",
          "olddatum": false
        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1938-04-09T00:00:00Z",
          "stage": 27.7,
          "flow": 42700,
          "preliminary": "O",
          "olddatum": false
        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1937-01-03T00:00:00Z",
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          "preliminary": "O",
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        },
        {
          "occurredTime": "1919-12-11T00:00:00Z",
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          "flow": 52000,
          "preliminary": "R",
          "olddatum": false
        }
      ]
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    "lowWaters": {
      "historic": []
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    "impacts": [
      {
        "stage": 26,
        "statement": "Major flooding begins. Widespread inundation flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 411 or Georgia Highway 20. The flood waters will begin to affect several structures near the river. The water will be up to 6 feet deep over portions of the public boat ramp parking lot on the downstream and left bank side of the bridge. "
      },
      {
        "stage": 24,
        "statement": "Moderate flooding begins. Significant flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 411 or Georgia Highway 20. The flood waters will approach the foundations of several structures near the river. The water will be up to 4 feet deep over portions of the public boat ramp parking lot on the downstream and left bank side of the bridge. "
      },
      {
        "stage": 22,
        "statement": "Minor flooding continues to expand in the woodlands and fields along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 411 or Georgia Highway 20. The flood waters will be 1 to 2 feet deep over portions of the public boat ramp parking lot on the downstream and left bank side of the bridge."
      },
      {
        "stage": 20,
        "statement": "Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding begins in the woodlands and fields along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 411 or Georgia Highway 20. The water level reaches the top of the public boat ramp on the downstream and left bank side of the bridge."
      },
      {
        "stage": 18,
        "statement": "Bankfull conditions are reached in the woodlands and fields along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 411 or Georgia Highway 20. "
      }
    ]
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        "flow": "",
        "volume": ""
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        "volume": ""
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      "shortrange": ""
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      "floodcat": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/hydrographs/kgtg1_record.png"
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    "photos": []
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  "dataAttribution": [
    {
      "abbrev": "US Geological Survey",
      "text": "USGS--Water Resources of the United States",
      "title": "US Geological Survey",
      "url": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis"
    },
    {
      "abbrev": "USGS",
      "text": "02395000",
      "title": "Observations courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey",
      "url": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory/?site_no=02395000"
    }
  ],
  "impactsLowWaters": [],
  "normalThreshold": null,
  "hydronotes": [
    {
      "statement": "Automated gauge readings are now available, courtesy of the USGS.",
      "effective": "0101",
      "expiration": "1231"
    },
    {
      "statement": "Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.",
      "effective": "0101",
      "expiration": "1231"
    }
  ],
  "datums": {
    "vertical": {
      "value": [
        {
          "label": "North American Vertical Datum of 1988",
          "abbrev": "NAVD88",
          "description": "A fixed reference for elevations determined by geodetic leveling. The datum was derived from a general adjustment of the first-order terrestrial leveling nets of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the adjustment, only the height of the primary tidal bench mark, referenced to the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 (IGLD 85) local mean sea level height value, at Father Point, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada was held fixed, thus providing minimum constraint. NAVD 88 and IGLD 85 are identical. However, NAVD 88 bench mark values are given in Helmert orthometric height units while IGLD 85 values are in dynamic heights. See International Great Lakes Datum of 1985, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, and geopotential difference. NAVD 88 should not be used as Mean Sea Level.",
          "value": 609.6
        },
        {
          "label": "Station Datum",
          "abbrev": "STND",
          "description": "A fixed base elevation at a tide station to which all water level measurements are referred. The datum is unique to each station and is established at a lower elevation than the water is ever expected to reach. It is referenced to the primary bench mark at the station and is held constant regardless of changes to the water level gauge or tide staff. The datum of tabulation is most often at the zero of the first tide staff installed.",
          "value": 0
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      ]
    },
    "horizontal": {
      "value": []
    },
    "notes": {
      "value": []
    }
  },
  "inundation": {
    "enabled": false,
    "url": "",
    "zeroDatum": null,
    "downloads": null,
    "siteSpecificInfo": "",
    "dataAttribution": []
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  "upstreamLid": "CTVG1",
  "downstreamLid": "ROEG1",
  "inService": {
    "enabled": true,
    "message": ""
  },
  "lowThreshold": {
    "units": "ft",
    "value": 0
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  "forecastReliability": "Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.",
  "TruncateObs": "-1",
  "TruncateFcst": "3",
  "ObservedFloodCategory": "no_flooding",
  "ForecastFloodCategory": "fcst_not_current"
}