Elk Creek at Elkville, 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 02111180 sits on Elk Creek and reads everything draining 51 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 1,082 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1966, 61 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 Yadkin River below W Kerr Scott Dam near Buck, NC at 367 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 14% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, NC and Yadkin River at Elkin, NC.

Normal flows here

Elk Creek runs a median of 70 cfs at this gauge across 61 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 96 cfs, and September the leanest at 43 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,890 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 5.5 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1966 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Elk Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 22 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EKVN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.