About this river
Rocky River is a 17.8 mile river near Lake Tillery Kayaking LLC in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rocky River near Norwood, NC (site 02126000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1930 to 2026
Rocky River typically runs highest in February, at a median 1,080 cfs, and lowest in September, at 145 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 85,600 cfs, in 1945.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 909 | 457 to 2,020 | |
| February | 1,080 | 584 to 2,440 | |
| March | 1,070 | 616 to 2,340 | |
| April | 666 | 392 to 1,405 | |
| May | 325 | 216 to 635 | |
| June | 242 | 152 to 553 | |
| July | 230 | 132 to 533 | |
| August | 226 | 135 to 551 | |
| September | 145 | 97 to 328 | |
| October | 145 | 102 to 353 | |
| November | 211 | 124 to 490 | |
| December | 528 | 233 to 1,170 |
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 97 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rocky River near Norwood, NC (site 02126000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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