TidalMapHominy Creek near West Asheville, 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 0344878100 sits on Hominy Creek and reads everything draining 104 square miles of the Upper French Broad basin. Its datum sits 1,975 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2019, 6 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 French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, NC at 936 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% 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.
Normal flows here
Hominy Creek runs a median of 108 cfs at this gauge across 6 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 175 cfs, and September the leanest at 66 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,300 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 27 cfs in 2024.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 142 cfs | 132% |
| Feb | 162 cfs | 151% |
| Mar | 175 cfs | 163% |
| Apr | 144 cfs | 134% |
| May | 129 cfs | 120% |
| Jun | 100 cfs | 93% |
| Jul | 92 cfs | 86% |
| Aug | 89 cfs | 83% |
| Sep | 66 cfs | 62% |
| Oct | 71 cfs | 66% |
| Nov | 80 cfs | 74% |
| Dec | 99 cfs | 92% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2019 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, NC
- French Broad River at Asheville, NC
- Swannanoa River at Biltmore, NC
- French Broad River at Blue Ridge Pkwy at Bent Creek NC
- French Broad River near Fletcher, NC
- Mills River near Mills River, NC
- Ivy River near Marshall, NC
- Beetree Creek near Swannanoa, NC
- French Broad River at Marshall, NC
- Pigeon River near Canton, NC
- Mud Creek at Secondary Road 1503 near Balfour, NC
- French Broad River at Blantyre, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0344878100. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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