Walnut Creek at Rose Lane 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 02087358 sits on Walnut Creek and reads everything draining 28 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 193 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Nine gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Walnut Creek at South State Street at Raleigh, NC, reading 24 square miles. This gauge adds the 3.9 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Walnut Creek at Sunnybrook Drive near Raleigh, NC at 30 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 95% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River near Clayton, NC and Neuse River at Smithfield, NC.

Flood stages and record crests

Walnut Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 11 feet, in August 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WRLN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.