First Broad River at Lawndale, 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 02152474 sits on the First Broad River and reads everything draining 190 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 773 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is First Broad River near Casar, NC, reading 60 square miles. This gauge adds the 130 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Gaston Shoals Reservoir above Blacksburg, SC at 1,280 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The First Broad River runs a median of 147 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 226 cfs, and September the leanest at 94 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,000 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 8.3 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The First Broad River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.9 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LNDN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.