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Rockfish Creek in North Carolina

River48.0 mi
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Around Rockfish Creek

10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Rockfish Creek is a 48.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rockfish Creek at Raeford, NC (site 02104220). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1988 to 2027

Rockfish Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 120 cfs, and lowest in September, at 68 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,520 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Rockfish Creek at Raeford, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January11188 to 157
February11389 to 159
March12092 to 160
April10381 to 140
May7863 to 106
June7153 to 108
July7149 to 108
August7153 to 108
September6851 to 123
October7461 to 126
November9270 to 140
December10384 to 145

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 38 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rockfish Creek at Raeford, NC (site 02104220). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Rockfish Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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