Irwin Creek at Statesville Ave at 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 02146211 sits on Irwin Creek and reads everything draining 6.0 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 656 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1981 to 2024, 38 years in all.

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 Irwin Creek near Charlotte, NC at 31 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 19% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Sugar Creek at Arrowood Road near Charlotte, NC and Sugar Creek at NC 51 near Pineville, NC.

Normal flows here

Irwin Creek runs a median of 2.0 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4.4 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 800 cfs in 2011, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1981 to 2024. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

Irwin Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.5 feet, in August 2011.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge IRSN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.