Beaverdam Creek above Windy Gap Road near Shopton, 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 0214297160 sits on Beaverdam Creek and reads everything draining 4.5 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 568 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2003, 23 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 Catawba River below Lake Wylie Dam Fewell Island, SC at 3,020 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Beaverdam Creek runs a median of 0.7 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1.9 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 100 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2003 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Beaverdam Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 5.9 feet, in June 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BVRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.