Reddies River at North Wilkesboro, 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 02111500 sits on the Reddies River and reads everything draining 89 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 978 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1940, 86 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 Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, NC at 504 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 18% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yadkin River at Elkin, NC.

Normal flows here

The Reddies River runs a median of 112 cfs at this gauge across 86 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 152 cfs, and October the leanest at 78 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,600 cfs in 1940, and the lowest is 13 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1940 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 22 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge REDN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.