Lumber River at Lumberton, 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 02134170 sits on the Lumber River and reads everything draining 714 square miles of the Lumber basin. Its datum sits 97 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 26 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Lumber River near Maxton, NC, reading 365 square miles. This gauge adds the 349 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lumber River at Boardman, NC at 1,228 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 58% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Lumber River runs a median of 408 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 881 cfs, and September the leanest at 249 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 16,900 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 51 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Lumber River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.2 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LUMN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.