Killian Creek near Mariposa, 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 0214269560 sits on Killian Creek and reads everything draining 36 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 642 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1991, 33 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 Catawba River below U.s Highways 29/74 at Belmont, NC at 2,606 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Killian Creek runs a median of 19 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 31 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,300 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1991 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Killian Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 21 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.2 feet, in April 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KILN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.