South Buffalo Creek near Pomona, 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 02094659 sits on South Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 7.3 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 772 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 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 at US 220 at Greensboro, NC at 15 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 48% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to South Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, NC, Buffalo Creek at Sr2819 near Mcleansville, NC and Haw River at Haw River, NC.

Normal flows here

South Buffalo Creek runs a median of 2.3 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3.9 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 761 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 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 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.5 feet, in September 2023.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SBPN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.