Little Sugar C at Archdale Dr 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 02146507 sits on Little Sugar C and reads everything draining 43 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 564 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1978, 49 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Little Sugar Creek at Hillside Ave, Charlotte, NC, reading 15 square miles. This gauge adds the 28 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, NC at 49 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 87% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Little Sugar C runs a median of 37 cfs at this gauge across 49 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 49 cfs, and September the leanest at 29 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,160 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 15 cfs in 1994.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1978 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Little Sugar C reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.1 feet, in July 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LSAN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.