Ltl Sugar Creek at Medical Center 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 02146409 sits on Ltl Sugar Creek and reads everything draining 12 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 613 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1995, 32 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 Little Sugar Creek at Hillside Ave, Charlotte, NC at 15 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 79% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Little Sugar C at Archdale Dr at Charlotte, NC and Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, NC.

Normal flows here

Ltl Sugar Creek runs a median of 6.0 cfs at this gauge across 32 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 8.5 cfs, and October the leanest at 4.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,970 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1995 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Ltl Sugar Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.8 feet, in July 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LSMN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.