N Buffalo Creek at Westover Terrace at Greensboro, 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 02095181 sits on N Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 9.6 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 735 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 27 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 North Buffalo Creek at Church St at Greensboro, NC at 14 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 67% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, NC, Buffalo Creek at Sr2819 near Mcleansville, NC and Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

N Buffalo Creek runs a median of 3.3 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5.4 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 561 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

N Buffalo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.1 feet, in September 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NBWN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.