Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, 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 02091500 sits on Contentnea Creek and reads everything draining 733 square miles of the Contentnea basin. Its datum sits 14 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 98 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 Neuse River near Fort Barnwell, NC at 3,900 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 19% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Contentnea Creek runs a median of 306 cfs at this gauge across 98 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,090 cfs, and October the leanest at 183 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 31,500 cfs in 1999, and the lowest is 14 cfs in 2010.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Contentnea Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.3 feet, in September 1999.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HOKN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.