Yadkin River at Enon, 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 02115360 sits on the Yadkin River and reads everything draining 1,694 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 701 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1964, 62 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yadkin River at Elkin, NC, reading 866 square miles. This gauge adds the 828 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yadkin River at Yadkin College, NC at 2,280 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 74% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Yadkin River runs a median of 1,965 cfs at this gauge across 62 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,490 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,310 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 48,400 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 221 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1964 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Yadkin River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 22 feet. The highest crest on record is 35.8 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ENNN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.