Mcalpine Creek at Sr3150 near Idlewild, 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 0214655255 sits on Mcalpine Creek and reads everything draining 7.3 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 613 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 27 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 Mcalpine Creek at Sardis Road near Charlotte, NC at 39 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 19% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Mcalpine Creek at Colony Rd near Olde Providence, NC and Mcalpine Creek below Mcmullen Creek near Pineville, NC.

Normal flows here

Mcalpine Creek runs a median of 2.0 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4.0 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 718 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Mcalpine Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.3 feet, in June 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCIN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.