Brush Creek at Muirfield Rd at Greensboro, 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 02093877 sits on Brush Creek and reads everything draining 5.3 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 779 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2004, 22 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 Lake Higgins on Brush Creek near Greensboro, NC at 12 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 44% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, NC and Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

Brush Creek runs a median of 3.0 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 4.5 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 303 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2004 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Brush Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.1 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRSN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.