TidalMapCrooked Creek at Scott King Road near Blands, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 0209741090 sits on Crooked Creek and reads everything draining 3.2 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 237 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2025, 1 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 Jordan Lake at Buoy 9 near Farrington, NC at 250 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River near Moncure, NC and Cape Fear River at Lillington, NC.
Normal flows here
Crooked Creek runs a median of 0.7 cfs at this gauge across 1 years of record. July is the fullest month at a median 1.9 cfs, and November the leanest at 0.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 63 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2025.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.3 cfs | 49% |
| Feb | 1.6 cfs | 229% |
| Mar | 1.0 cfs | 137% |
| Apr | 1.2 cfs | 171% |
| May | 1.3 cfs | 186% |
| Jun | 1.4 cfs | 200% |
| Jul | 1.9 cfs | 271% |
| Aug | 0.6 cfs | 86% |
| Sep | 0.1 cfs | 14% |
| Oct | 0.7 cfs | 94% |
| Nov | 0.1 cfs | 12% |
| Dec | 0.1 cfs | 15% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2025 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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- Northeast Creek at Sr1100 near Genlee, NC
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- Northeast Creek Tributary at Sr1182 near Lowes Grove, NC
- Third Fork Creek at M.l King Parkway at Durham,nc
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- Sandy Creek at Cornwallis Rd near Durham, NC
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- Booker Creek at SR 1751 near Chapel Hill, NC
- Bolin Creek at Village Drive at Chapel Hill, NC
- Ellerbe Creek at Club Boulevard at Durham, NC
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0209741090. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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