Walnut Creek at Buck Jones Road at Raleigh, 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 02087337 sits on Walnut Creek and reads everything draining 3.4 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 368 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2018, 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 Walnut Creek 0.3 Mi below Lake Dam Rd at Raleigh, NC at 6.9 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 49% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Walnut Creek at Trailwood Drive at Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek at South Wilmington St at Raleigh, NC and Walnut Creek at South State Street at Raleigh, NC.

Normal flows here

Walnut Creek runs a median of 0.9 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 1.4 cfs, and July the leanest at 0.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 292 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2023.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2018 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Walnut Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 10.3 feet, in October 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BKJN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.