Dan River at Pine Hall, 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 02069000 sits on the Dan River and reads everything draining 501 square miles of the Upper Dan basin. Its datum sits 563 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1924, 25 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Dan River near Francisco, NC, reading 129 square miles. This gauge adds the 372 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Dan River near Wentworth, NC at 1,053 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 48% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Dan River runs a median of 400 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 611 cfs, and September the leanest at 252 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,300 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 65 cfs in 1986.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1924 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Dan River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 23 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.9 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PNHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.