Nahunta Swamp near Shine, 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 02091000 sits on Nahunta Swamp and reads everything draining 80 square miles of the Contentnea basin. Its datum sits 50 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1954, 72 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 Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, NC at 733 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Nahunta Swamp runs a median of 32 cfs at this gauge across 72 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 95 cfs, and June the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,300 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 0.3 cfs in 2010.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1954 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Nahunta Swamp reaches flood stage at this gauge at 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 21 feet, in September 1999.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NAHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.