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USGS Gauge 02138520 — Catawba R at Sr1223 Bl Lk James Nr Bridgewater, Nc, North Carolina
Water temperature 67.8 °F. 2.0 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 100 cfs.
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Right now
- 67.8 °F Water temperature
- 100 Cubic ft / second
- -2.0 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 70.5 °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 — 26 readings, averaging 69.6 °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 | — | 745 |
| Feb | — | 834 |
| Mar | — | 713 |
| Apr | 49.6 °F | 486 |
| May | 52.1 °F | 667 |
| Jun | 55.0 °F | 541 |
| Jul | 58.1 °F | 406 |
| Aug | 61.9 °F | 485 |
| Sep | 66.8 °F | 518 |
| Oct | 69.4 °F | 517 |
| Nov | 61.1 °F | 410 |
| Dec | — | 441 |
- 72.7 °FWarmest, 2021-10-01
- 45.1 °FColdest, 2026-04-01
- 3,310Highest flow, 2024-09-27
- 88Lowest flow, 2026-05-02
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,114 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,773 flow days. These are not USGS-published normals, and a month with fewer than 20 days of record is left blank rather than averaged.
The water it stands in
Catawba River, classified Hatchery Supported Trout Waters (stocked holdover) by NCWRC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.05 mi from the gauge.
Other gauges near this one
- Catawba R Nr Pleasant Gardens, Nc 13.2 mi · USGS 02137727
Dams near this gauge
- South Mountain State Park Dam 8.4 mi · 57 ft
- Broughton Farm Pond #2 Dam 9.6 mi · 28 ft
- Morganton Watershed Dam 11.0 mi · 31 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
- North Bend 1.7 mi · boat launch · Catawba River
Fly shops nearby
- Mega Bite Baits16.8 mi · Valdese
- Not just Fishin17.7 mi · Granite Falls
- Buck Creek Trout Farm17.7 mi · Marion
- R & W Carp Juice22.7 mi · Vale