Rocky Branch below Pullen Road at Raleigh, 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 0208735012 sits on Rocky Branch and reads everything draining 1.2 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 309 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 30 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Rocky Br Overflow Pond above Pullen Dr at Raleigh, NC, reading 1 square miles. This gauge adds the 0.2 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Walnut Creek at South State Street at Raleigh, NC at 24 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Walnut Creek at Rose Lane at Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek at Sunnybrook Drive near Raleigh, NC and Neuse River near Clayton, NC.

Normal flows here

Rocky Branch runs a median of 0.5 cfs at this gauge across 30 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 0.7 cfs, and October the leanest at 0.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 194 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Rocky Branch reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.2 feet, in July 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RBRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.