Goose Creek at Sr1524 near Indian Trail, 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 0212467451 sits on Goose Creek and reads everything draining 8.5 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 597 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 17 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 Goose Creek at Sr1525 near Indian Trail, NC at 11 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 77% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Rocky River near Norwood, NC.

Normal flows here

Goose Creek runs a median of 2.4 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4.7 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,270 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2010.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Goose Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.2 feet, in August 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GCKN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.