TidalMapMiddle Little River at Moretz Dam near Bethlehem, 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 0214192500 sits on the Middle Little River and reads everything draining 46 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 947 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 8 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 Catawba River at NC Highway 16 near Millersville, NC at 1,310 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Catawba River below Lookout Shoals Dam near Sharon, NC. It then enters Lake Hickory on Catawba River near Taylorsville, NC, below which releases set the flow.
Normal flows here
The Middle Little River runs a median of 49 cfs at this gauge across 8 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 73 cfs, and October the leanest at 29 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,980 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 15 cfs in 2022.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 cfs | 120% |
| Feb | 73 cfs | 149% |
| Mar | 67 cfs | 137% |
| Apr | 69 cfs | 141% |
| May | 66 cfs | 135% |
| Jun | 50 cfs | 103% |
| Jul | 46 cfs | 94% |
| Aug | 44 cfs | 90% |
| Sep | 34 cfs | 69% |
| Oct | 29 cfs | 59% |
| Nov | 33 cfs | 67% |
| Dec | 46 cfs | 94% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Upper Little River at Sr1740 at Petra Mills, NC
- Catawba River at NC Highway 16 near Millersville, NC
- Lower Little River near All Healing Springs, NC
- Catawba River at Rhodhiss, NC
- Henry Fork near Henry River, NC
- Catawba River below Lookout Shoals Dam near Sharon, NC
- Elk Creek at Elkville, NC
- Yadkin River below W Kerr Scott Dam near Buck, NC
- Yadkin River at Patterson, NC
- Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, NC
- Reddies River at North Wilkesboro, NC
- Jacob Fork at Ramsey, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0214192500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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