Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, 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 02094500 sits on the Reedy Fork and reads everything draining 131 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 626 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1969, 57 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Townsend on Reedy Fork near Greensboro, NC, reading 105 square miles. This gauge adds the 26 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Haw River at Haw River, NC at 606 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 22% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Reedy Fork runs a median of 19 cfs at this gauge across 57 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 57 cfs, and September the leanest at 8.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,890 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1969 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Reedy Fork reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.5 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GIBN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.