TidalMapReedy Fork near Oak Ridge, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02093800 sits on the Reedy Fork and reads everything draining 21 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 771 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1956, 70 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 Lake Brandt on Reedy Fork near Greensboro, NC at 68 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 30% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, NC and Haw River at Haw River, NC.
Normal flows here
The Reedy Fork runs a median of 13 cfs at this gauge across 70 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 21 cfs, and September the leanest at 8.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,250 cfs in 1984, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 2008.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 cfs | 138% |
| Feb | 21 cfs | 162% |
| Mar | 21 cfs | 162% |
| Apr | 19 cfs | 146% |
| May | 14 cfs | 108% |
| Jun | 12 cfs | 92% |
| Jul | 9.8 cfs | 75% |
| Aug | 8.4 cfs | 65% |
| Sep | 8.0 cfs | 61% |
| Oct | 9.5 cfs | 73% |
| Nov | 12 cfs | 92% |
| Dec | 16 cfs | 123% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1956 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 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.1 feet, in October 2018.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 7 ft |
| Minor flooding | 10 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 12 ft |
| Major flooding | 14 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| October 2018 | 15.1 ft |
| September 2018 | 13.7 ft |
| September 1979 | 12.4 ft |
| March 2003 | 11.9 ft |
| April 1997 | 10.9 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OKRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02093800. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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