Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, 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 02112000 sits on the Yadkin River and reads everything draining 504 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 942 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1963, 64 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Yadkin River below W Kerr Scott Dam near Buck, NC, reading 367 square miles. This gauge adds the 137 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yadkin River at Elkin, NC at 866 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 58% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Yadkin River runs a median of 666 cfs at this gauge across 64 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 867 cfs, and October the leanest at 470 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,000 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 114 cfs in 1971.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1963 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 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 37.6 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WKSN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.