TidalMapHyco River below Abay D near Mcgehees Mill, 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 02077303 sits on the Hyco River and reads everything draining 202 square miles of the Lower Dan basin. Its datum sits 342 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1974, 52 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Afterbay Reservoir at Dam near Mcgehees Mill, NC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Roxboro Stm-Elctrc Generating Plnt Afterbay Reservoir, reading 196 square miles. This gauge adds the 6.0 square miles that drain in between.
Normal flows here
The Hyco River runs a median of 18 cfs at this gauge across 52 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 123 cfs, and November the leanest at 14 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 16,100 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.3 cfs in 2011.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 91 cfs | 506% |
| Feb | 101 cfs | 561% |
| Mar | 123 cfs | 683% |
| Apr | 90 cfs | 503% |
| May | 22 cfs | 122% |
| Jun | 18 cfs | 100% |
| Jul | 16 cfs | 89% |
| Aug | 16 cfs | 89% |
| Sep | 16 cfs | 89% |
| Oct | 16 cfs | 89% |
| Nov | 14 cfs | 78% |
| Dec | 22 cfs | 122% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1974 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02077303. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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