TidalMapMayo Creek near Bethel Hill, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02077670 sits on Mayo Creek and reads everything draining 54 square miles of the Lower Dan basin. Its datum sits 338 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1977, 49 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Mayo Stm-Elec Generating Plant Lake near Bethel Hill sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Mayo Stm-Elec Generating Plant Lake near Bethel Hill, reading 52 square miles. This gauge adds the 1.3 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from John H Kerr Reservoir at Dam near Boydton, VA at 7,866 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Mayo Creek runs a median of 6.4 cfs at this gauge across 49 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 47 cfs, and August the leanest at 3.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,260 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1981.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 cfs | 422% |
| Feb | 35 cfs | 547% |
| Mar | 47 cfs | 734% |
| Apr | 40 cfs | 633% |
| May | 16 cfs | 250% |
| Jun | 7.7 cfs | 120% |
| Jul | 3.5 cfs | 55% |
| Aug | 3.2 cfs | 50% |
| Sep | 3.3 cfs | 52% |
| Oct | 3.2 cfs | 50% |
| Nov | 4.2 cfs | 66% |
| Dec | 5.4 cfs | 84% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1977 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Mayo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 7 ft |
| Minor flooding | 8 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 9 ft |
| Major flooding | 10 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BTHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02077670. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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