TidalMapRockfish Creek at Raeford, 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 02104220 sits on Rockfish Creek and reads everything draining 93 square miles of the Upper Cape Fear basin. Its datum sits 170 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1988, 38 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 Cape Fear River at Wilm O Huske Lock near Tarheel, NC at 4,852 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Rockfish Creek runs a median of 86 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 120 cfs, and September the leanest at 69 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,520 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 20 cfs in 2002.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 111 cfs | 128% |
| Feb | 113 cfs | 131% |
| Mar | 120 cfs | 139% |
| Apr | 102 cfs | 118% |
| May | 78 cfs | 90% |
| Jun | 70 cfs | 82% |
| Jul | 71 cfs | 82% |
| Aug | 73 cfs | 84% |
| Sep | 69 cfs | 80% |
| Oct | 74 cfs | 86% |
| Nov | 92 cfs | 106% |
| Dec | 103 cfs | 119% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1988 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Rockfish Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 10.3 feet, in September 2018.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 13 ft |
| Minor flooding | 15 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 17 ft |
| Major flooding | 19 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 2018 | 10.3 ft |
| September 1996 | 8.3 ft |
| July 1997 | 8.2 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RFDN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02104220. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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