Little River near Zebulon, 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 02088383 sits on the Little River and reads everything draining 55 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 231 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 18 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 Little River near Princeton, NC at 232 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 24% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Little River runs a median of 22 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 53 cfs, and October the leanest at 10 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,430 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 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 6 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LRZN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.