Crabtree Creek at Hwy 70 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 02087275 sits on Crabtree Creek and reads everything draining 98 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 203 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 29 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Crabtree Creek at Ebenezer Church Rd near Raleigh, NC, reading 76 square miles. This gauge adds the 22 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Crabtree Creek at Anderson Drive at Raleigh, NC at 111 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 88% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Crabtree Creek at Old Wake Forest Rd at Raleigh, NC, Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC and Neuse River near Clayton, NC.

Normal flows here

Crabtree Creek runs a median of 52 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 88 cfs, and October the leanest at 30 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,030 cfs in 1999, and the lowest is 4.9 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.7 feet, in June 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RLHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.