Stewart Creek at West Morehead 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 02146285 sits on Stewart Creek and reads everything draining 11 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 617 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Stewart Creek at State St at Charlotte, NC, reading 9.1 square miles. This gauge adds the 2.0 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Irwin Creek near Charlotte, NC at 31 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 36% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to 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 11 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 13 cfs, and October the leanest at 8.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 206 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 2.9 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 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 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.6 feet, in August 2011.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SMON7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.