Rocky River at Sr1300 near Crutchfield Crossroads, 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 0210166029 sits on the Rocky River and reads everything draining 7.4 square miles of the Deep basin. Its datum sits 611 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 Rocky River at US 64 near Siler City, NC at 69 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Deep River at Moncure, NC.

Normal flows here

The Rocky River runs a median of 1.7 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5.2 cfs, and August the leanest at 0.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 531 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

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

The Rocky River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CCRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.