Cane Creek near Orange Grove, 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 02096846 sits on Cane Creek and reads everything draining 7.5 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 508 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1989, 37 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 Cane Creek Reservoir at Dam near White Cross, NC at 31 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 24% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River near Bynum, NC and Haw River near Moncure, NC.

Normal flows here

Cane Creek runs a median of 1.2 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5.4 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 518 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1989 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cane Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 6 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5 feet. The highest crest on record is 4.3 feet, in October 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CANN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.