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Middle Creek near Neuse Adventures Canoe and Kayak Rentals

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About this river

Middle Creek is a 14.4 mile river near Neuse Adventures Canoe and Kayak Rentals in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Middle Creek near Clayton, NC (site 02088000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Middle Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 104 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,080 cfs, in 2017.

Typical flow by month at Middle Creek near Clayton, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January8754 to 140
February10167 to 176
March10472 to 165
April7351 to 117
May3924 to 70
June2314 to 48
July2211 to 50
August2111 to 50
September178.3 to 43
October2511 to 48
November3520 to 65
December6234 to 105

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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Middle Creek near Clayton, NC (site 02088000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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