TidalMapLittle Lick Creek at NC Hwy 98 at Oak Grove, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 0208700550 sits on Little Lick Creek and reads everything draining 4.0 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 279 feet above sea level NAVD88.
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 Falls Lake at State Hwy 50 near Sandy Plain, NC at 620 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.
Flood stages and record crests
Little Lick Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.9 feet, in March 1989.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 10 ft |
| Minor flooding | 12 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 14 ft |
| Major flooding | 16 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| March 1989 | 14.9 ft |
| April 1992 | 14.4 ft |
| September 2018 | 9.7 ft |
| October 2018 | 8 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LCRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0208700550. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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