Yadkin River at Yadkin College, 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 02116500 sits on the Yadkin River and reads everything draining 2,280 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 638 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1963, 63 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yadkin River at Enon, NC, reading 1,694 square miles. This gauge adds the 586 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Yadkin River runs a median of 2,345 cfs at this gauge across 63 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,040 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,560 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 66,000 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 236 cfs in 2002.

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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 36.3 feet, in July 1916.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge YADN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.