Neuse River near Clayton, 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 02087500 sits on the Neuse River and reads everything draining 1,150 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 128 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1983, 44 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Falls Lake above Dam near Falls, NC, reading 771 square miles. This gauge adds the 379 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Neuse River at Smithfield, NC at 1,206 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 95% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River near Cox Mill, NC.

Normal flows here

The Neuse River runs a median of 423 cfs at this gauge across 44 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,270 cfs, and October the leanest at 321 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,700 cfs in 1999, and the lowest is 105 cfs in 1985.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1983 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Neuse River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.1 feet, in September 1945.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLYN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.