North Buffalo Creek near 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 02095500 sits on North Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 37 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 677 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 90 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is North Buffalo Creek at Church St at Greensboro, NC, reading 14 square miles. This gauge adds the 23 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Buffalo Creek at Sr2819 near Mcleansville, NC at 88 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 42% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

North Buffalo Creek runs a median of 28 cfs at this gauge across 90 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 42 cfs, and September the leanest at 23 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,400 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 0.5 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

North Buffalo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.1 feet, in September 1979.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NBCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.