Bolin Creek at Village Drive at Chapel Hill, 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 0209734440 sits on Bolin Creek and reads everything draining 7.9 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 334 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2013, 13 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 Jordan Lake at Buoy 9 near Farrington, NC at 250 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River near Moncure, NC.

Normal flows here

Bolin Creek runs a median of 1.9 cfs at this gauge across 13 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 5.0 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 704 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2019.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2013 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Bolin Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.1 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BOCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.