Deep River at Moncure, 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 02102000 sits on the Deep River and reads everything draining 1,434 square miles of the Deep basin. Its datum sits 184 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 96 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 Cape Fear River at Lillington, NC at 3,464 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 41% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Deep River runs a median of 420 cfs at this gauge across 96 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,340 cfs, and October the leanest at 162 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 66,400 cfs in 1945, and the lowest is 6.0 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Deep River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.2 feet, in September 1945.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MONN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.