Rocky River at US 64 near Siler City, 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 02101726 sits on the Rocky River and reads everything draining 69 square miles of the Deep basin. Its datum sits 483 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 17 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Rocky River at Sr1300 near Crutchfield Crossroads, NC, reading 7.4 square miles. This gauge adds the 61 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Deep River at Moncure, NC at 1,434 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Rocky River runs a median of 7.1 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 40 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,450 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 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 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 24.9 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SLCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.