Eno River at Hillsborough, 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 02085000 sits on the Eno River and reads everything draining 66 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 487 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 85 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is West Fork Eno River Reservoir at Dam near Cedar Grove, NC, reading 9.4 square miles. This gauge adds the 57 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Eno River at Cole Mill Rd near Huckleberry Spring at 121 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 55% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Eno River near Durham, NC. It then enters Falls Lake at Interstate 85 near Redwood, NC, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Eno River runs a median of 20 cfs at this gauge across 85 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 57 cfs, and September the leanest at 6.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,180 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1986.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Eno River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.1 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HLSN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.