TidalMapUwharrie River near Eldorado, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02123500 sits on the Uwharrie River and reads everything draining 342 square miles of the Lower Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 303 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2019, 7 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 Lake Tillery on Pee Dee River near Norwood, NC at 4,640 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 7% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Pee Dee River at Hwy731 below Lake Tillery near Norwood, NC and Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge near Ansonville, NC.
Normal flows here
The Uwharrie River runs a median of 88 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 263 cfs, and September the leanest at 25 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,700 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 5.0 cfs in 2024.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 207 cfs | 234% |
| Feb | 243 cfs | 275% |
| Mar | 263 cfs | 297% |
| Apr | 201 cfs | 227% |
| May | 144 cfs | 163% |
| Jun | 83 cfs | 94% |
| Jul | 59 cfs | 67% |
| Aug | 47 cfs | 53% |
| Sep | 25 cfs | 28% |
| Oct | 26 cfs | 29% |
| Nov | 42 cfs | 47% |
| Dec | 81 cfs | 92% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2019 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Little Mountain Creek at NC Hwy 740 at Badin, NC
- Little River near Star, NC
- Pee Dee River at Hwy731 below Lake Tillery near Norwood, NC
- Rocky River near Norwood, NC
- Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge near Ansonville, NC
- Abbotts Creek at Lexington, NC
- Deep River at Ramseur, NC
- Pee Dee River below Powerhouse Dam near Pee Dee, NC
- Pee Dee River near Rockingham, NC
- Rocky River above Irish Buffalo Creek near Rocky River, NC
- Yadkin River at Yadkin College, NC
- Pee Dee River above Jones Creek near Cordova, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02123500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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