Marsh Creek near New Hope, 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 0208732885 sits on Marsh Creek and reads everything draining 6.8 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 195 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1984, 42 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 Marsh Creek at Lake Woodard Dr at Raleigh, NC at 8.5 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 80% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River near Clayton, NC and Neuse River at Smithfield, NC.

Normal flows here

Marsh Creek runs a median of 3.0 cfs at this gauge across 42 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4.5 cfs, and October the leanest at 2.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 890 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1984 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Marsh Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.3 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MSHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.