Eno River near Durham, 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 02085070 sits on the Eno River and reads everything draining 141 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 270 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1963, 61 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Eno River at Cole Mill Rd near Huckleberry Spring, reading 121 square miles. This gauge adds the 20 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 28% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Eno River runs a median of 44 cfs at this gauge across 61 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 123 cfs, and September the leanest at 15 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,900 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 1977.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1963 to 2025. 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 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.2 feet, in July 2025.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ENON7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.