Second Creek near Barber, 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 02120780 sits on Second Creek and reads everything draining 118 square miles of the South Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 643 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1979, 47 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 Badin Lake on Yadkin River near Badin, NC at 4,150 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Second Creek runs a median of 62 cfs at this gauge across 47 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 99 cfs, and September the leanest at 29 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,690 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1979 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Second Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.6 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRBN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.