Stewart Creek at State St at 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 0214627970 sits on Stewart Creek and reads everything draining 9.1 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 631 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 26 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 Stewart Creek at West Morehead St at Charlotte, NC at 11 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Irwin Creek near Charlotte, NC, Sugar Creek at Arrowood Road near Charlotte, NC and Sugar Creek at NC 51 near Pineville, NC.

Normal flows here

Stewart Creek runs a median of 10 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 12 cfs, and October the leanest at 8.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,110 cfs in 2011, and the lowest is 2.1 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Stewart Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.3 feet, in August 2011.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STEN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.