Reedy Creek below I-485 near Pine Ridge, 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 0212430293 sits on Reedy Creek and reads everything draining 13 square miles of the Rocky basin. Its datum sits 596 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 18 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Reedy Creek at SR 2803 near Charlotte, NC, reading 2.5 square miles. This gauge adds the 10 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Rocky River above Irish Buffalo Creek near Rocky River, NC at 278 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Reedy Creek runs a median of 5.1 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 9.4 cfs, and October the leanest at 2.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,100 cfs in 2008, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2008.

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

Reedy Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.1 feet, in August 2008.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RDCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.