Roanoke River at Williamston, 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 02081054 sits on the Roanoke River and reads everything draining 9,070 square miles of the Lower Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 4 feet below sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Roanoke River at Hamilton, NC, reading 8,890 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Roanoke River at Jamesville, NC at 9,250 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 98% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Roanoke River at NC 45 near Westover, NC.

Flood stages and record crests

The Roanoke River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.5 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WLLN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.