About this river
Haw Creek is a 3.0 mile river near The Haw River Canoe & Kayak Company in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Haw River at Haw River, NC (site 02096500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
Haw Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 544 cfs, and lowest in September, at 133 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 42,000 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 456 | 295 to 902 | |
| February | 544 | 350 to 1,060 | |
| March | 531 | 366 to 980 | |
| April | 440 | 300 to 791 | |
| May | 274 | 197 to 486 | |
| June | 212 | 147 to 373 | |
| July | 182 | 117 to 334 | |
| August | 161 | 103 to 318 | |
| September | 133 | 92 to 250 | |
| October | 148 | 99 to 272 | |
| November | 195 | 134 to 376 | |
| December | 361 | 210 to 645 |
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 98 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Haw River at Haw River, NC (site 02096500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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