About this river
Tar River is a 35.1 mile river near Neuse River Outfitters in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tar River near Tar River, NC (site 02081500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Tar River typically runs highest in February, at a median 133 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,800 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 50 to 210 | |
| February | 133 | 75 to 258 | |
| March | 130 | 80 to 278 | |
| April | 91 | 50 to 170 | |
| May | 38 | 24 to 87 | |
| June | 23 | 12 to 50 | |
| July | 14 | 6.2 to 38 | |
| August | 12 | 3.3 to 35 | |
| September | 7.1 | 2.1 to 24 | |
| October | 7.4 | 2.1 to 31 | |
| November | 16 | 5.8 to 58 | |
| December | 59 | 23 to 145 |
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 Tar River near Tar River, NC (site 02081500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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