South Buffalo Creek near 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 02095000 sits on South Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 34 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 690 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 58 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is South Buffalo Creek at US 220 at Greensboro, NC, reading 15 square miles. This gauge adds the 19 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Buffalo Creek at Sr2819 near Mcleansville, NC at 88 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 38% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

South Buffalo Creek runs a median of 11 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 25 cfs, and September the leanest at 7.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,460 cfs in 1949, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

South Buffalo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.6 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SBCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.