TidalMapBuckeye Creek above Buckeye Lake near Cannon Gap, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 0347927162 sits on Buckeye Creek and reads everything draining 3.2 square miles of the Watauga basin. Its datum sits 3,399 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2019, 7 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 Buckeye Creek below Buckeye Lake near Cannon Gap, NC at 3.4 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Watauga River below Watauga Dam, Tenn, Watauga River below Wilbur Dam, TN and Watauga River at Elizabethton, TN.
Normal flows here
Buckeye Creek runs a median of 4.6 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 9.6 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,040 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2020.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 cfs | 148% |
| Feb | 9.6 cfs | 209% |
| Mar | 6.3 cfs | 137% |
| Apr | 5.6 cfs | 122% |
| May | 6.9 cfs | 150% |
| Jun | 3.5 cfs | 76% |
| Jul | 2.6 cfs | 57% |
| Aug | 2.4 cfs | 52% |
| Sep | 1.4 cfs | 32% |
| Oct | 2.3 cfs | 50% |
| Nov | 3.7 cfs | 79% |
| Dec | 5.4 cfs | 117% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2019 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Watauga Dam is 14 miles from this gauge on the Watauga system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Watauga Dam 14 miles
- Wilbur Dam 15 miles
- South Holston Dam 23 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Buckeye Creek below Buckeye Lake near Cannon Gap, NC
- Watauga River near Sugar Grove, NC
- Watauga River below Watauga Dam
- Watauga River below Wilbur Dam
- Doe River at Elizabethton, TN
- Watauga River at Elizabethton
- South Fork Holston below South Holston Dam
- Wilson Creek at Secondary Road 1335 at Adako, NC
- Yadkin River at Patterson, NC
- Linville River near Nebo, NC
- Johns River at Arneys Store, NC
- South Toe River near Celo, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0347927162. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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