South Buffalo Creek at 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 02094770 sits on South Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 15 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 721 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 28 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is South Buffalo Creek near Pomona, NC, reading 7.3 square miles. This gauge adds the 8.1 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from South Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, NC at 34 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 45% 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

South Buffalo Creek runs a median of 4.8 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 7.7 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,640 cfs in 2000, and the lowest is 0.1 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

South Buffalo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.8 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SBHN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.