TidalMapMcalpine Creek at Sr2964 near Camp Cox, SC Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 0214676115 sits on Mcalpine Creek and reads everything draining 96 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 497 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 20 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Mcalpine Creek below Mcmullen Creek near Pineville, NC, reading 92 square miles. This gauge adds the 3.5 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Sugar Creek near Fort Mill, SC at 262 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Catawba River below Catawba, SC.
Normal flows here
Mcalpine Creek runs a median of 97 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 130 cfs, and October the leanest at 75 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 779 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 23 cfs in 2022.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 122 cfs | 126% |
| Feb | 130 cfs | 134% |
| Mar | 124 cfs | 128% |
| Apr | 104 cfs | 107% |
| May | 97 cfs | 100% |
| Jun | 90 cfs | 92% |
| Jul | 89 cfs | 92% |
| Aug | 85 cfs | 88% |
| Sep | 78 cfs | 80% |
| Oct | 75 cfs | 77% |
| Nov | 80 cfs | 82% |
| Dec | 104 cfs | 107% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2006 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Mcalpine Creek below Mcmullen Creek near Pineville, NC
- Sugar Creek near Fort Mill, SC
- Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, NC
- Sugar Creek at NC 51 near Pineville, NC
- Six Mile Creek near Pineville, NC
- Four Mile Creek near Pineville, NC
- Steele Creek at Sr1441 near Pineville, NC
- Catawba River near Rock Hill, SC
- Sugar Creek at Arrowood Road near Charlotte, NC
- Coffey Creek near Charlotte, NC
- Little Sugar C at Archdale Dr at Charlotte, NC
- Catawba River below Lake Wylie Dam Fewell Island, SC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0214676115. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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