New Hope Creek near Blands, 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 02097314 sits on New Hope Creek and reads everything draining 76 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 214 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1983, 43 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 Jordan Lake at Buoy 9 near Farrington, NC at 250 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 30% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River near Moncure, NC and Cape Fear River at Lillington, NC.

Normal flows here

New Hope Creek runs a median of 30 cfs at this gauge across 43 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 95 cfs, and October the leanest at 18 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,300 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is -1.4 cfs in 2024.

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

New Hope Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.2 feet, in January 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NHCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.