About this river
Barnes Creek is a 3.3 mile river near Lake Tillery Kayaking LLC in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Uwharrie River near Eldorado, NC (site 02123500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2019 to 2026
Barnes Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 243 cfs, and lowest in September, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,700 cfs, in 2020.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 207 | 68 to 423 | |
| February | 243 | 132 to 619 | |
| March | 240 | 156 to 468 | |
| April | 190 | 128 to 362 | |
| May | 144 | 103 to 275 | |
| June | 83 | 46 to 192 | |
| July | 59 | 36 to 116 | |
| August | 47 | 26 to 85 | |
| September | 25 | 15 to 56 | |
| October | 26 | 8.6 to 62 | |
| November | 42 | 15 to 72 | |
| December | 81 | 42 to 346 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 7 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Uwharrie River near Eldorado, NC (site 02123500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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