West Fork Pigeon River above Lake Logan near Hazelwood, 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 03455500 sits on the West Fork Pigeon River and reads everything draining 28 square miles of the Pigeon basin. Its datum sits 2,976 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1954, 72 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 Logan at Dam near Hazelwood, NC at 33 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 83% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to West Fork Pigeon River at Bethel, NC, Pigeon River near Canton, NC and Pigeon River near Hepco, NC.

Normal flows here

The West Fork Pigeon River runs a median of 70 cfs at this gauge across 72 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 114 cfs, and September the leanest at 34 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,500 cfs in 1966, and the lowest is 9.6 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1954 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The West Fork Pigeon River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 10.8 feet, in September 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LLGN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.