Johns River at Arneys Store, 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 02140991 sits on the Johns River and reads everything draining 201 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 1,003 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1985, 41 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 Catawba River near Granite Falls, NC at 1,070 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 19% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Catawba River at Rhodhiss, NC, Catawba River at NC Highway 16 near Millersville, NC and Catawba River below Lookout Shoals Dam near Sharon, NC.

Normal flows here

The Johns River runs a median of 263 cfs at this gauge across 41 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 376 cfs, and October the leanest at 175 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 27,800 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 19 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1985 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Johns River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.6 feet, in September 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JOHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.