Crabtree Creek at US 1 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 02087324 sits on Crabtree Creek and reads everything draining 121 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 182 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1990, 36 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Crabtree Creek at Old Wake Forest Rd at Raleigh, NC, reading 119 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Neuse River near Clayton, NC at 1,150 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River at Smithfield, NC.

Normal flows here

Crabtree Creek runs a median of 66 cfs at this gauge across 36 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 114 cfs, and October the leanest at 42 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,730 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 1.9 cfs in 1995.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1990 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 18.2 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CRBN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.