Neuse River near Goldsboro, 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 02089000 sits on the Neuse River and reads everything draining 2,399 square miles of the Middle Neuse basin. Its datum sits 42 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

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Neuse River near Cox Mill, NC, reading 1,679 square miles. This gauge adds the 720 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Neuse River at Kinston, NC at 2,692 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 89% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Neuse River runs a median of 1,060 cfs at this gauge across 44 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,250 cfs, and October the leanest at 676 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 50,300 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 162 cfs in 1983.

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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 29.7 feet, in October 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GLDN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.