Northeast Cape Fear River near Burgaw, 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 02108566 sits on the Northeast Cape Fear River and reads everything draining 920 square miles of the Northeast Cape Fear basin. Its datum sits 1 feet below sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 2004 to 2006, 2 years in all.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, NC, reading 599 square miles. This gauge adds the 321 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Northeast Cape Fear River runs a median of 836 cfs at this gauge across 2 years of record. December is the fullest month at a median 1,440 cfs, and July the leanest at 212 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,560 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is -60.8 cfs in 2005.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2004 to 2006. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

The Northeast Cape Fear River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.6 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BGWN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.