About this river
Cartoogechaye Creek is a 3.6 mile stream near NOC Paddling School in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cartoogechaye Creek at SR 1148 near Franklin, NC (site 0350011450). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2019 to 2026
Cartoogechaye Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 187 cfs, and lowest in October, at 44 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,790 cfs, in 2020.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 156 | 97 to 195 | |
| February | 187 | 122 to 266 | |
| March | 176 | 115 to 249 | |
| April | 155 | 123 to 250 | |
| May | 137 | 101 to 212 | |
| June | 102 | 72 to 134 | |
| July | 66 | 55 to 92 | |
| August | 68 | 50 to 109 | |
| September | 50 | 36 to 89 | |
| October | 44 | 37 to 100 | |
| November | 61 | 41 to 93 | |
| December | 94 | 65 to 171 |
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 Cartoogechaye Creek at SR 1148 near Franklin, NC (site 0350011450). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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