Knap of Reeds Creek near Butner, 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 02086624 sits on Knap of Reeds Creek and reads everything draining 43 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 255 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1983, 33 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Lake Butner at Dam near Butner, NC, reading 29 square miles. This gauge adds the 14 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Falls Lake at Interstate 85 near Redwood, NC at 512 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Knap of Reeds Creek runs a median of 7.4 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 30 cfs, and September the leanest at 3.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,040 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.7 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1983 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Knap of Reeds Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BNRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.