Ellerbe Creek near Gorman, 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 02086849 sits on Ellerbe Creek and reads everything draining 22 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 253 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1983, 31 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Ellerbe Creek at Club Boulevard at Durham, NC, reading 6.0 square miles. This gauge adds the 16 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Falls Lake at Interstate 85 near Redwood, NC at 512 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Ellerbe Creek runs a median of 18 cfs at this gauge across 31 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 27 cfs, and September the leanest at 15 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,750 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 1.5 cfs in 1996.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1983 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Ellerbe Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 13 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GORN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.