Third Fork Creek at Woodcroft Parkway near Blands, 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 02097280 sits on the Third Fork Creek and reads everything draining 15 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 237 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Third Fork Creek at M.l King Parkway at Durham,nc, reading 8.4 square miles. This gauge adds the 6.4 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from New Hope Creek near Blands, NC at 76 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 19% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Haw River near Moncure, NC. It then enters Jordan Lake at Buoy 9 near Farrington, NC, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Third Fork Creek runs a median of 3.6 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 7.6 cfs, and October the leanest at 1.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,200 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2010.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Third Fork Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 10 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TFRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.