Crabtree Creek at Ebenezer Church Rd near Raleigh, 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 0208726005 sits on Crabtree Creek and reads everything draining 76 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 224 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1988, 34 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Bond Lake at Dam at Cary, NC, reading 2.5 square miles. This gauge adds the 73 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Crabtree Creek at Hwy 70 at Raleigh, NC at 98 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 78% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Crabtree Creek at Anderson Drive at Raleigh, NC, Crabtree Creek at Old Wake Forest Rd at Raleigh, NC and Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC.

Normal flows here

Crabtree Creek runs a median of 35 cfs at this gauge across 34 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 67 cfs, and October the leanest at 23 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,400 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 2.1 cfs in 1991.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1988 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Crabtree Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 23 feet, in June 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EBNN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.