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Little River

River in North Carolina, read from 7 USGS gauges, draining about 348 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

104

cfs · 22 min ago

Normal for today

172

cfs median, 36 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

6.48

ft

Normal for the date60% of medianUSGS gauge 02103000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 38.1–147 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
LITTLE RIVER AT MANCHESTER, NC02103000104 cfs—22 min ago
LITTLE RIVER NEAR PRINCETON, NC020885008.3 cfs—22 min ago
LITTLE RIVER NEAR STAR, NC0212800015.1 cfs—22 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 172 cfs over 36 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 89.0 and 399 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Little River

Little River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Smith River (76 mi), Jackson River (137 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Little River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
SculpinJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Quill GordonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
ScudJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: active
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Little River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.