Long Creek near Rhyne, 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 0214291555 sits on Long Creek and reads everything draining 32 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 612 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 27 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Long Creek near Paw Creek, NC, reading 16 square miles. This gauge adds the 15 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Catawba River below U.s Highways 29/74 at Belmont, NC at 2,606 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Long Creek runs a median of 9.3 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 19 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,920 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Long Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.3 feet, in August 2008.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LRYN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.