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USGS Gauge 03456991 — Pigeon River near Canton, Nc, North Carolina
Water temperature 64.6 °F. 0.2 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 63 cfs.
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Right now
- 64.6 °F Water temperature
- 63 Cubic ft / second
- -0.2 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 65.5 °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 — 31 readings, averaging 62.4 °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 | 399 |
| Feb | 44.1 °F | 437 |
| Mar | 50.0 °F | 417 |
| Apr | 57.2 °F | 329 |
| May | 62.5 °F | 381 |
| Jun | 68.8 °F | 221 |
| Jul | 74.0 °F | 148 |
| Aug | 72.0 °F | 156 |
| Sep | 67.3 °F | 363 |
| Oct | 56.8 °F | 229 |
| Nov | 48.9 °F | 155 |
| Dec | 43.2 °F | 270 |
- 80.4 °FWarmest, 2026-07-02
- 32.0 °FColdest, 2024-01-21
- 24,200Highest flow, 2024-09-27
- 45Lowest flow, 2024-09-11
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,812 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 72.89 °F; the fit explains 79% of the variance with a typical error of 2.364 °F.
The water it stands in
Pigeon River, classified Hatchery Supported Trout Waters (stocked holdover) by NCWRC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.01 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Pigeon River (25000400469572), 13.9 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- W F Pigeon R above Lake Logan Nr Hazelwood, Nc 10.0 mi · USGS 03455500
- French Broad River at Haywood Rd at Asheville, Nc 16.3 mi · USGS 03451200
- French Broad River at Asheville, Nc 16.3 mi · USGS 03451500
Dams near this gauge
- Lipham Dam 1.0 mi · 49 ft
- Lake Logan Dam 8.2 mi · 62 ft
- Camp Daniel Boone Lake Dam 9.4 mi · 36 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
- Canton Park 0.4 mi · walk in · Pigeon River
- Vance Street Park 7.4 mi · walk in · Richland Creek
Fly shops nearby
- Maggie Valley Fly Shop13.1 mi · Maggie Valley
- Hunter Banks Fly Fishing17.3 mi · Asheville
- Curtis Wright Outfitters20.2 mi · Weaverville
- Davidson River Outfitters20.4 mi · Pisgah Forest