Little River near Star, 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 02128000 sits on the Little River and reads everything draining 106 square miles of the Upper Pee Dee basin. Its datum sits 408 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1954, 72 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 Blewett Falls Lake on Pee Dee River near Pee Dee, NC at 6,820 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pee Dee River below Powerhouse Dam near Pee Dee, NC, Pee Dee River near Rockingham, NC and Pee Dee River above Jones Creek near Cordova, NC.

Normal flows here

The Little River runs a median of 40 cfs at this gauge across 72 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 101 cfs, and September the leanest at 11 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,300 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1954 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.5 feet, in October 1954.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LITN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.