Lumber River near Maxton, 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 02133624 sits on the Lumber River and reads everything draining 365 square miles of the Lumber basin. Its datum sits 172 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1987, 39 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Drowning Creek near Hoffman, NC, reading 183 square miles. This gauge adds the 182 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lumber River at Lumberton, NC at 714 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 51% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Lumber River runs a median of 312 cfs at this gauge across 39 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 535 cfs, and September the leanest at 205 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,900 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 28 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1987 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 17.7 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MAXN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.