Walnut Creek at South State Street 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 0208735460 sits on Walnut Creek and reads everything draining 24 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 209 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Eight gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Walnut Creek at South Wilmington St at Raleigh, NC, reading 17 square miles. This gauge adds the 7.2 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Walnut Creek at Rose Lane at Raleigh, NC at 28 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Walnut Creek at Sunnybrook Drive near Raleigh, NC, 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 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.1 feet, in April 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WSSN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.