Yadkin River at Patterson, 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 02111000 sits on the Yadkin River and reads everything draining 29 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 1,211 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1940, 86 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Yadkin River below W Kerr Scott Dam near Buck, NC at 367 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, NC.

Normal flows here

The Yadkin River runs a median of 37 cfs at this gauge across 86 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 55 cfs, and September the leanest at 25 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,130 cfs in 1940, and the lowest is 3.6 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1940 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 5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 4 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.8 feet, in August 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PATN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.