Crabtree Creek at Old Wake Forest Rd at 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 02087322 sits on Crabtree Creek and reads everything draining 119 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 186 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Crabtree Creek at Anderson Drive at Raleigh, NC, reading 111 square miles. This gauge adds the 8.0 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC at 121 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 98% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River near Clayton, NC and Neuse River at Smithfield, NC.

Flood stages and record crests

Crabtree Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.9 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OWFN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.