TidalMapFlat Creek near Inverness, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02102908 sits on Flat Creek and reads everything draining 7.6 square miles of the Upper Cape Fear basin. Its datum sits 190 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1968, 58 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 Little River at Manchester, NC at 348 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Flat Creek runs a median of 8.7 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 12 cfs, and June the leanest at 7.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 333 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 0.9 cfs in 2002.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 cfs | 126% |
| Feb | 12 cfs | 138% |
| Mar | 12 cfs | 138% |
| Apr | 9.8 cfs | 113% |
| May | 8.2 cfs | 94% |
| Jun | 7.0 cfs | 81% |
| Jul | 7.1 cfs | 82% |
| Aug | 7.5 cfs | 86% |
| Sep | 7.1 cfs | 82% |
| Oct | 8.1 cfs | 93% |
| Nov | 8.8 cfs | 101% |
| Dec | 10 cfs | 115% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1968 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Flat Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.4 feet, in September 2018.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 6 ft |
| Minor flooding | 7 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 8 ft |
| Major flooding | 9 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 2018 | 9.4 ft |
| October 2016 | 8.6 ft |
| April 1973 | 7.3 ft |
| July 1997 | 5.7 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VASN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Nearby river gauges
- Little River near Mount Pleasant, NC
- Tank Creek at Longstreet Road at Fort Bragg, NC
- Tank Creek at Butner Road at Fort Bragg, NC
- Tank Creek at Reilly Road at Fort Bragg, NC
- Rockfish Creek at Raeford, NC
- Little River at Manchester, NC
- Beaver Creek at Gruber Road at Fort Bragg, NC
- Beaver Creek at All American Freeway Fort Bragg, NC
- Little Rockfish Creek near Cumberland, NC
- Beaver Creek at Cumberland, NC
- Cross Creek at Langdon Street at Fayetteville, NC
- Cross Creek at Blue Street at Fayetteville, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02102908. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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