Buffalo Creek at Sr2819 near Mcleansville, 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 0209553650 sits on Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 88 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 647 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 28 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is South Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, NC, reading 34 square miles. This gauge adds the 54 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Haw River at Haw River, NC at 606 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Buffalo Creek runs a median of 75 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 103 cfs, and September the leanest at 58 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,130 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 28 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Buffalo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.4 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BCMN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.