Reedy Creek at SR 2803 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 0212427947 sits on Reedy Creek and reads everything draining 2.5 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 635 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 18 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 Reedy Creek below I-485 near Pine Ridge, NC at 13 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 20% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Rocky River above Irish Buffalo Creek near Rocky River, NC.

Normal flows here

Reedy Creek runs a median of 0.7 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1.8 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 204 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Reedy Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.2 feet, in June 2017.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge REYN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.