Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, 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 02146530 sits on Little Sugar Creek and reads everything draining 49 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 532 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 29 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Little Sugar C at Archdale Dr at Charlotte, NC, reading 43 square miles. This gauge adds the 6.6 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

Little Sugar Creek runs a median of 42 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 50 cfs, and October the leanest at 32 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,780 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 18 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Little Sugar Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 23 feet, in July 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PINN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.