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Nahunta Swamp in North Carolina

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2 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Nahunta Swamp is a 9.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Nahunta Swamp near Shine, NC (site 02091000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1954 to 2026

Nahunta Swamp typically runs highest in February, at a median 95 cfs, and lowest in June, at 20 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,300 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Nahunta Swamp near Shine, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8146 to 131
February9557 to 155
March9058 to 150
April5940 to 109
May3020 to 58
June2010 to 43
July209.9 to 45
August2410 to 56
September2211 to 48
October2413 to 42
November3721 to 64
December5634 to 90

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 72 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Nahunta Swamp near Shine, NC (site 02091000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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