About this river
Valley River is a 7.1 mile river near NOC Paddling School in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Valley River at Tomotla, NC (site 03550000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1904 to 2026
Valley River typically runs highest in March, at a median 341 cfs, and lowest in September, at 73 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,190 cfs, in 1995.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 294 | 191 to 431 | |
| February | 322 | 230 to 503 | |
| March | 341 | 254 to 486 | |
| April | 291 | 223 to 403 | |
| May | 212 | 157 to 301 | |
| June | 150 | 115 to 212 | |
| July | 122 | 83 to 191 | |
| August | 101 | 69 to 162 | |
| September | 73 | 52 to 113 | |
| October | 73 | 51 to 112 | |
| November | 100 | 67 to 167 | |
| December | 197 | 118 to 331 |
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 117 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Valley River at Tomotla, NC (site 03550000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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