Mallard Creek below Stony Creek near Harrisburg, 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 0212414900 sits on Mallard Creek and reads everything draining 35 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 569 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1995, 31 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 Rocky River above Irish Buffalo Creek near Rocky River, NC at 278 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Mallard Creek runs a median of 12 cfs at this gauge across 31 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 23 cfs, and October the leanest at 7.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,710 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.0 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

Mallard Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 20 feet, in November 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCLN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.