Goose Creek at Sr1525 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 0212467595 sits on Goose Creek and reads everything draining 11 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 550 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2004, 23 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Goose Creek at Sr1524 near Indian Trail, NC, reading 8.5 square miles. This gauge adds the 2.5 square miles that drain in between. 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

Goose Creek runs a median of 3.2 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 6.1 cfs, and October the leanest at 1.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,290 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2004 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 7.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 10.2 feet, in July 2014.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge INDN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.