Morgan Creek near White Cross, 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 02097464 sits on Morgan Creek and reads everything draining 8.3 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 409 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1989, 37 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 University Lake below SR 1005 near Carrboro, NC at 10 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 81% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Morgan Creek near Chapel Hill, NC and Haw River near Moncure, NC.

Normal flows here

Morgan Creek runs a median of 1.9 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 7.2 cfs, and August the leanest at 0.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 737 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1989 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Morgan Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.9 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MGNN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.