TidalMapCatawba River at Rr Bridge above NC 73 at Cowans Ford, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
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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 0214264790 sits on the Catawba River and reads everything draining 1,790 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 639 feet above sea level NAVD88.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Lake Norman on Catawba River near Davidson, NC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Norman on Catawba River near Davidson, NC, reading 1,788 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Catawba River at R.b Steam Sta near Shuffletown Mtn05 at 1,810 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 99% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Catawba River Dnstrm Deck Mountain Is Dam near Mountain Is, NC.
Nearby river gauges
- Mcdowell Creek Tributary at Sr2131 near Hicks Crossroads, NC
- Mcdowell Creek near Charlotte, NC Csw10
- Mcdowell Creek near Huntersville, NC
- Killian Creek near Mariposa, NC
- Torrence Creek at Bradford Hill Ln near Huntersvlle, NC
- Gar Creek at Sr2074 near Croft, NC
- Catawba River Dnstrm Deck Mountain Is Dam near Mountain Is, NC
- Long Creek near Paw Creek, NC
- Long Creek near Rhyne, NC
- Gum Branch near Thrift, NC
- West Br Rocky River B Mth of South Prong River near Cornelius, NC
- Paw Creek at Wilkinson Blvd near Charlotte, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0214264790. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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