Abbotts Creek at Lexington, NC Flow & Water Level

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02121500 sits on Abbotts Creek and reads everything draining 174 square miles of the Lower Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 618 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1989, 38 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Lexingtn-Thomas'vl Reservoir on Abbotts Creek near Lexington, reading 70 square miles. This gauge adds the 104 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Badin Lake on Yadkin River near Badin, NC at 4,150 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Abbotts Creek runs a median of 65 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 153 cfs, and September the leanest at 26 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,260 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 2.7 cfs in 1990.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1989 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Abbotts Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.5 feet, in September 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ABBN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.