TidalMapFrench Broad River at Blue Ridge Pkwy at Bent Creek NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
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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 03447890 sits on the French Broad River and reads everything draining 665 square miles of the Upper French Broad basin.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is French Broad River near Fletcher, NC, reading 640 square miles. This gauge adds the 25 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, NC at 936 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 71% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to French Broad River at Asheville, NC, French Broad River at Marshall, NC and French Broad River at Hot Springs, NC.
Nearby river gauges
- Hominy Creek near West Asheville, NC
- French Broad River near Fletcher, NC
- Swannanoa River at Biltmore, NC
- French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, NC
- Mills River near Mills River, NC
- French Broad River at Asheville, NC
- French Broad River at Blantyre, NC
- Mud Creek at Secondary Road 1503 near Balfour, NC
- Beetree Creek near Swannanoa, NC
- Davidson River near Brevard, NC
- Pigeon River near Canton, NC
- Ivy River near Marshall, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03447890. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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