Mcmullen Creek at Sharon View Rd near 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 02146700 sits on Mcmullen Creek and reads everything draining 7.0 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 592 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1962, 64 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Mcmullen Creek above Lincrest Place at Charlotte, NC, reading 1.9 square miles. This gauge adds the 5.0 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Mcalpine Creek below Mcmullen Creek near Pineville, NC at 92 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Mcmullen Creek runs a median of 1.4 cfs at this gauge across 64 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3.2 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 868 cfs in 1995, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1962.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1962 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Mcmullen Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.4 feet, in August 2008.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCMN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.