Walnut Creek at Sunnybrook Drive near 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 02087359 sits on Walnut Creek and reads everything draining 30 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 182 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1996, 30 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Ten gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Walnut Creek at Rose Lane at Raleigh, NC, reading 28 square miles. This gauge adds the 1.5 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Neuse River near Clayton, NC at 1,150 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River at Smithfield, NC.

Normal flows here

Walnut Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 30 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 21 cfs, and October the leanest at 9.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,600 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.5 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1996 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 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 17 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WALN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.