TidalMapYadkin River below W Kerr Scott Dam near Buck, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 0211139110 sits on the Yadkin River and reads everything draining 367 square miles of the Upper Yadkin basin. Its datum sits 962 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 19 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
W Kerr Scott Reservoir at Dam near Wilkesboro, NC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yadkin River at Patterson, NC, reading 29 square miles. This gauge adds the 338 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, NC at 504 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 73% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yadkin River at Elkin, NC.
Normal flows here
The Yadkin River runs a median of 470 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 616 cfs, and October the leanest at 340 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,220 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 73 cfs in 2018.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 564 cfs | 120% |
| Feb | 568 cfs | 121% |
| Mar | 609 cfs | 130% |
| Apr | 616 cfs | 131% |
| May | 577 cfs | 123% |
| Jun | 460 cfs | 98% |
| Jul | 406 cfs | 86% |
| Aug | 443 cfs | 94% |
| Sep | 352 cfs | 75% |
| Oct | 340 cfs | 72% |
| Nov | 374 cfs | 80% |
| Dec | 470 cfs | 100% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Reddies River at North Wilkesboro, NC
- Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, NC
- Elk Creek at Elkville, NC
- Lower Little River near All Healing Springs, NC
- Middle Little River at Moretz Dam near Bethlehem, NC
- Catawba River at NC Highway 16 near Millersville, NC
- South Fork New River near Jefferson, NC
- Upper Little River at Sr1740 at Petra Mills, NC
- Yadkin River at Patterson, NC
- Yadkin River at Elkin, NC
- Catawba River below Lookout Shoals Dam near Sharon, NC
- Catawba River at Rhodhiss, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0211139110. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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