TidalMapGoose Creek at Camden Avenue at Durham, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02086799 sits on Goose Creek and reads everything draining 5.0 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 2024, 2 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 Ellerbe Creek near Gorman, NC at 22 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 23% of the water measured there. It then enters Falls Lake at Interstate 85 near Redwood, NC, below which releases set the flow.
Normal flows here
Goose Creek runs a median of 1.7 cfs at this gauge across 2 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 7.7 cfs, and October the leanest at 0.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 431 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2024.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 cfs | 106% |
| Feb | 2.2 cfs | 129% |
| Mar | 4.7 cfs | 276% |
| Apr | 1.2 cfs | 74% |
| May | 3.3 cfs | 194% |
| Jun | 1.1 cfs | 68% |
| Jul | 5.3 cfs | 312% |
| Aug | 1.4 cfs | 82% |
| Sep | 7.7 cfs | 450% |
| Oct | 0.5 cfs | 28% |
| Nov | 0.6 cfs | 34% |
| Dec | 1.3 cfs | 76% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2024 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Ellerbe Creek at Club Boulevard at Durham, NC
- Ellerbe Creek near Gorman, NC
- Little Lick Creek at NC Hwy 98 at Oak Grove, NC
- Eno River near Durham, NC
- Little River below Little River Tributary at Fairntosh, NC
- Third Fork Creek at M.l King Parkway at Durham,nc
- Sandy Creek at Cornwallis Rd near Durham, NC
- Northeast Creek Tributary at Sr1182 near Lowes Grove, NC
- Knap of Reeds Creek near Butner, NC
- Eno River at Cole Mill Rd near Huckleberry Spring
- Flat River at Dam near Bahama, NC
- Mountain Creek at Sr1617 near Bahama, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02086799. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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