About this river
Little River is a 24.0 mile river near Cape Fear River Adventures in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little River at Manchester, NC (site 02103000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1939 to 2026
Little River typically runs highest in March, at a median 467 cfs, and lowest in June, at 132 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 15,500 cfs, in 2018.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 461 | 298 to 719 | |
| February | 447 | 295 to 786 | |
| March | 467 | 317 to 719 | |
| April | 340 | 228 to 571 | |
| May | 178 | 133 to 306 | |
| June | 132 | 76 to 256 | |
| July | 157 | 78 to 380 | |
| August | 166 | 78 to 379 | |
| September | 136 | 62 to 317 | |
| October | 171 | 84 to 334 | |
| November | 233 | 117 to 404 | |
| December | 358 | 185 to 610 |
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 36 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little River at Manchester, NC (site 02103000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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