Gar Creek at Sr2074 near Croft, 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 0214266080 sits on Gar Creek and reads everything draining 3.5 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 659 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 Mountain Island Lake on Catawba River near Mnt Holly, NC at 1,856 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Catawba River Dnstrm Deck Mountain Is Dam near Mountain Is, NC.

Normal flows here

Gar Creek runs a median of 0.7 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1.7 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 243 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2015.

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

Gar Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 19 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.6 feet, in August 2008.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CRFN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.