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USGS Gauge 03446000 — Mills River near Mills River, Nc, North Carolina
Water temperature 63.1 °F. 1.8 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 43 cfs.
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Right now
- 63.1 °F Water temperature
- 43 Cubic ft / second
- -1.8 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 62.9 °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 60.8 °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 | 39.5 °F | 182 |
| Feb | 44.3 °F | 185 |
| Mar | 50.2 °F | 185 |
| Apr | 56.7 °F | 167 |
| May | 60.9 °F | 171 |
| Jun | 66.4 °F | 114 |
| Jul | 70.4 °F | 101 |
| Aug | 68.6 °F | 108 |
| Sep | 64.7 °F | 186 |
| Oct | 55.6 °F | 140 |
| Nov | 48.0 °F | 99 |
| Dec | 42.7 °F | 133 |
- 77.5 °FWarmest, 2026-07-04
- 32.0 °FColdest, 2022-12-25
- 9,050Highest flow, 2024-09-27
- 31Lowest flow, 2023-11-30
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,822 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,823 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 69.39 °F; the fit explains 83% of the variance with a typical error of 1.777 °F.
The water it stands in
Mills River.
We hold no coldwater classification for this river, so the page makes no claim about one. The gauge is here because it stands close to water that does carry a designation.
Snapped to NHD reach Mills River (25000400391036), 66.1 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- French Broad River near Fletcher, Nc 3.2 mi · USGS 03447687
- French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, Nc 13.0 mi · USGS 03451200
- French Broad River at Asheville, Nc 14.6 mi · USGS 03451500
Dams near this gauge
- Taylor Lake Dam 8.7 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
- North Mills River 2.8 mi · walk in · North Fork Mills River
- Mills River Park 2.8 mi · walk in · Mills River
- Westfeldt Park 3.4 mi · boat launch · French Broad River
- Horse Shoe 4.9 mi · boat launch · French Broad River
- Lake Powhatan 6.1 mi · walk in · Lake Powhatan
- Blantyre 7.0 mi · walk in · French Broad River
Fly shops nearby
- Davidson River Outfitters12.3 mi · Pisgah Forest
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing13.8 mi · Asheville
- Curtis Wright Outfitters20.7 mi · Weaverville
- Take A Hike Outfitters21.6 mi · Black Mountain