Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, NC
Halifax County, North Carolina · USGS 02080500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Roanoke River at its USGS monitoring location in Halifax County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 31 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 1,880 ft³/s, 39% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 3,070 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,040 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,040 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,000 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,010 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,880 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 4,510 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,050 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,900 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,850 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,850 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,860 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,860 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 4,450 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,990 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,910 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,920 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,920 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,930 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,780 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,890 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,210 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,450 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,190 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,940 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,420 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,980 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,620 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,050 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,900 CFS |
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