Manchester Creek at Rock Hill, SC Water Level Today

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 02146110 sits on Manchester Creek and reads everything draining 5.8 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 509 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 20 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 Catawba River below Catawba, SC at 3,540 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Manchester Creek runs a median of 1.9 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 3.6 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 680 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Manchester Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.3 feet, in May 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCHS1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.