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Water Resources of North Carolina

Welcome to the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center. These pages are your source for water-resource information collected and interpreted by the U.S. Geological Survey in North Carolina.

Click on a river basin to obtain real-time data.

Of Current Interest

NOTICE March 5, 2013 -- USGS to Discontinue Streamgages Due to Sequestration

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will discontinue operation of up to 375 streamgages nationwide due to budget cuts as a result of sequestration. Additional streamgages may be affected if partners reduce their funding to support USGS streamgages. The USGS is working to identify which streamgages will be impacted and will post this information as it becomes available. Streamgages are used nationwide to predict and address drought and flood conditions by monitoring water availability. The USGS and over 850 Federal, State, and local agencies cooperatively fund the USGS streamgaging network, which consists of over 8,000 streamgages. When budget fluctuations occur, the network is impacted.

Specific impacts to the North Carolina real-time network currently are not known.

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Recent Publications

Determination of Flow Losses in the Cape Fear River between B. Everett Jordan Lake and Lillington, North Carolina, 2008-2010 By J. Curtis Weaver and Kristen Bukowski McSwain Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5226

Effects of Flood Control and Other Reservoir Operations on the Water Quality of the Lower Roanoke River, North Carolina By Ana María García Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5101

Representation of Regional Urban Development Conditions Using a Watershed-Based Gradient Study Design By Silvia Terziotti, Gerard McMahon, and Amanda H. Bell Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5070

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Podcasts

USGS CoreCast: Groundwater Awareness Week is March 6-12
From large drawdowns in the Great Plains aquifer to arsenic in some wells in New England, this episode of CoreCast highlights six different USGS groundwater studies all across the United States, including Wake County in North Carolina. (7.68 Mb)

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North Carolina Podcast Series