Horsepen Creek at US 220 near Greensboro, 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 0209399200 sits on Horsepen Creek and reads everything draining 16 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 740 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 26 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 Lake Brandt on Reedy Fork near Greensboro, NC at 68 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 23% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, NC and Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

Horsepen Creek runs a median of 8.5 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 14 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,750 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Horsepen Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.9 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HPNN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.