First Broad River near Casar, 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 02152100 sits on the First Broad River and reads everything draining 60 square miles of the Upper Broad basin. Its datum sits 899 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1959, 67 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 First Broad River at Lawndale, NC at 190 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 32% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The First Broad River runs a median of 61 cfs at this gauge across 67 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 88 cfs, and September the leanest at 41 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,870 cfs in 2004, and the lowest is 3.9 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1959 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 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 25 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CSRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.