Third Fork Creek at M.l King Parkway at Durham,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 0209725960 sits on the Third Fork Creek and reads everything draining 8.4 square miles of the Haw basin. Its datum sits 268 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2017, 9 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 Third Fork Creek at Woodcroft Parkway near Blands, NC at 15 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 57% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to New Hope Creek near Blands, NC and 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 1.6 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 3.4 cfs, and October the leanest at 0.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 583 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 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 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.8 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TFMN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.