TidalMapBuffalo Creek below Moss Lake Dam near Oak Grove, 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 0215329875 sits on Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 68 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 648 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2024, 2 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 Broad River below Ninetynine Island Reservoir, SC at 1,550 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Buffalo Creek runs a median of 34 cfs at this gauge across 2 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 54 cfs, and July the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,870 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 8.4 cfs in 2026.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 cfs | 100% |
| Feb | 54 cfs | 157% |
| Mar | 47 cfs | 138% |
| Apr | 33 cfs | 97% |
| May | 32 cfs | 94% |
| Jun | 41 cfs | 121% |
| Jul | 28 cfs | 82% |
| Aug | 37 cfs | 109% |
| Sep | 28 cfs | 82% |
| Oct | 28 cfs | 82% |
| Nov | 31 cfs | 91% |
| Dec | 36 cfs | 106% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2024 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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- Long Creek near Bessemer City, NC
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- Duharts Creek at SR 2439 near Cramerton, NC
- Henry Fork near Henry River, NC
- Second Broad River near Logan, NC
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0215329875. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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