Ararat River at Ararat, 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 02113850 sits on the Ararat River and reads everything draining 231 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 881 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1964, 62 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Yadkin River at Enon, NC at 1,694 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 14% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ararat River runs a median of 248 cfs at this gauge across 62 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 331 cfs, and September the leanest at 165 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,600 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 13 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1964 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Ararat River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 24.5 feet, in September 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ARRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.