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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Flatrock River near Raleigh, in in IN, United States, built from official government gauge data.
Flatrock River near Raleigh, in is a gauged river in the Flatrock-Haw watershed, Indiana.
This station drains 58.1 sq mi (151 km2) upstream of the gauge. That is the area that responds here, not the whole Flatrock-Haw system.
With 15 years on record, the river has a short but useful history for tracking local swings. In this part of Indiana, winter and spring rain can keep water high when the ground is saturated or frozen, while summer storms can lift stages quickly and late-season flows often ease back.
For anyone crossing, farming nearby, or checking an intake, that upstream area is small enough that weather can show up in the gauge without much delay. The seasonal range is not huge, but it is enough to matter for low spots, bank access, and shallow reaches.
The record high is 10.46 ft (3.19 m) in December 2013. The record low is 3.21 ft (0.98 m) in September 2015. Those two marks set the outer bounds of what this station has seen so far.
The usual high point comes in March at 4.19 ft (1.28 m), and the usual low point comes in August at 3.59 ft (1.1 m). The typical annual swing is 7.2 in (18.2 cm), so the river’s normal seasonal movement is modest compared with its record range.
For a dock, pump, or fishing access, that means the water often changes by inches rather than feet through the year, but larger jumps are still on the table during wetter periods. The river’s lowest typical water shows up in late summer, which is the stretch when shallow spots are most likely to be noticed.
The hero number on this page is most useful when it is compared with the median for the same calendar day, not just the raw height. A single water level can look high or low on its own and still be ordinary for that date; the day-of-year median puts it in context.
At this USGS station, that comparison is based on 15 years of record. That makes the daily median a better guide for judging whether the river is running near its usual level, above it, or below it right now.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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