Walnut Creek at Trailwood Drive 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 0208734210 sits on Walnut Creek and reads everything draining 9.3 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 275 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2018, 8 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Johnson above Dam at Raleigh, NC, reading 7.1 square miles. This gauge adds the 2.2 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lake Raleigh on Walnut Creek near Raleigh, NC at 12 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 76% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Walnut Creek at South Wilmington St at Raleigh, NC, Walnut Creek at South State Street at Raleigh, NC and Walnut Creek at Rose Lane at Raleigh, NC.

Normal flows here

Walnut Creek runs a median of 3.7 cfs at this gauge across 8 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 6.1 cfs, and October the leanest at 1.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 394 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.3 cfs in 2020.

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 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 12 feet, in October 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TRLN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.