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Crabtree Creek in North Carolina

River25.7 mi
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Falls Lake12.7 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Crabtree Creek is a 25.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC (site 02087324). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1990 to 2026

Crabtree Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 114 cfs, and lowest in October, at 42 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,730 cfs, in 1996.

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Typical flow by month at Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January10661 to 215
February10364 to 203
March11477 to 236
April8452 to 156
May6137 to 113
June5228 to 124
July6133 to 141
August5629 to 140
September5121 to 163
October4226 to 91
November5428 to 112
December8647 to 178

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 36 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crabtree Creek at US 1 at Raleigh, NC (site 02087324). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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