Ryan Creek below US 220 at Greensboro, 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 02094775 sits on Ryan Creek and reads everything draining 4.1 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 726 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 27 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 South Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, NC at 34 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Buffalo Creek at Sr2819 near Mcleansville, NC and Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

Ryan Creek runs a median of 1.0 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 2.0 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 352 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Ryan Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.5 feet, in July 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RYAN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.