Clear Creek at Sr3181 near Mint Hill, 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 0212466000 sits on Clear Creek and reads everything draining 13 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 559 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2003, 24 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 near Norwood, NC at 1,380 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Clear Creek runs a median of 3.5 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 7.2 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 950 cfs in 2007, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2012.

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

Clear Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 10.9 feet, in July 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.