Little Yadkin River at Dalton, 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 02114450 sits on the Little Yadkin River and reads everything draining 43 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 814 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1960, 66 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 Yadkin River at Enon, NC at 1,694 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Little Yadkin River runs a median of 25 cfs at this gauge across 66 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 38 cfs, and September the leanest at 14 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,350 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 1.4 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1960 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.3 feet, in September 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DALN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.