Briar Creek near Charlotte, 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 0214642825 sits on Briar Creek and reads everything draining 5.2 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 672 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 28 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 Briar Creek at Independence Blvd at Charlotte, NC at 11 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 46% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Briar Creek below Edwards Branch near Charlotte, NC, Briar Creek at Providence Road at Charlotte, NC and Briar Creek above Colony Rd at Charlotte, NC.

Normal flows here

Briar Creek runs a median of 1.7 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3.0 cfs, and October the leanest at 0.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 677 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Briar Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 6.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.4 feet, in August 2008.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SMRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.