Coffey 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 02146348 sits on Coffey Creek and reads everything draining 9.1 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 566 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 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 Sugar Creek at NC 51 near Pineville, NC at 65 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 14% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Coffey Creek runs a median of 3.1 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5.1 cfs, and October the leanest at 1.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 635 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Coffey Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.1 feet, in August 2008.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge COFN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.