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USGS Gauge 02137727 — Catawba R Nr Pleasant Gardens, Nc, North Carolina
Water temperature 67.3 °F. 0.4 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 102 cfs.
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Right now
- 67.3 °F Water temperature
- 102 Cubic ft / second
- -0.4 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 67.3 °FThis date last year
Live from USGS — the numbers above are current rather than whenever the page was written. The normal is the mean of every reading at this gauge within 3 days of this calendar date in the previous years of record — 31 readings, averaging 64.6 °F.
The last thirty days
Daily means from USGS. A gap in the line is a gap in the record.
The record at this gauge
| Month | Mean temp | Mean flow |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41.4 °F | 248 |
| Feb | 46.1 °F | 259 |
| Mar | 53.1 °F | 246 |
| Apr | 60.1 °F | 220 |
| May | 64.8 °F | 235 |
| Jun | 71.0 °F | 186 |
| Jul | 75.3 °F | 147 |
| Aug | 73.1 °F | 163 |
| Sep | 68.9 °F | 368 |
| Oct | 59.1 °F | 197 |
| Nov | 50.6 °F | 164 |
| Dec | 44.3 °F | 204 |
- 83.5 °FWarmest, 2026-07-02
- 32.0 °FColdest, 2026-02-02
- 19,600Highest flow, 2024-09-27
- 43Lowest flow, 2024-09-12
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,823 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,825 flow days. These are not USGS-published normals, and a month with fewer than 20 days of record is left blank rather than averaged.
What this gauge predicts
This is one of the gauges this site fits an air-to-water model against, which is how the map colours water that has no gauge on it. July mean 74.17 °F; the fit explains 81% of the variance with a typical error of 2.134 °F.
The water it stands in
Catawba River, classified Delayed Harvest Trout Waters (stocked holdover) by NCWRC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.54 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Catawba River (15001500271456), 33.7 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Catawba R at Sr1223 Bl Lk James Nr Bridgewater, Nc 13.2 mi · USGS 02138520
Dams near this gauge
- Camp Grier Dam 8.2 mi · 31 ft
- Old Fort Water Supply Dam 8.9 mi · 25 ft
A dam upstream of a gauge moves what the gauge reads. A hydro dam moves it on a release schedule this page does not know.
Access near this gauge
- Curtis Creek 7.0 mi · walk in · Curtis Creek
- Mountain Gateway Museum 7.9 mi · walk in · Mill Creek
Fly shops nearby
- Buck Creek Trout Farm6.6 mi · Marion
- Take A Hike Outfitters15.3 mi · Black Mountain
- Curtis Wright Outfitters28.1 mi · Weaverville
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing28.4 mi · Asheville