Back Creek at Sr1173 near Harrisburg, NC Flow & Water Level

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02124269 sits on Back Creek and reads everything draining 7.5 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 591 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 17 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Rocky River above Irish Buffalo Creek near Rocky River, NC at 278 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Back Creek runs a median of 1.9 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3.9 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 441 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Back Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.8 feet, in January 2010.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BKCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.