TidalMapSugar Creek at Arrowood Road near Charlotte, NC Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02146330 sits on Sugar Creek and reads everything draining 44 square miles of the Lower Catawba basin. Its datum sits 560 feet above sea level NAVD88.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Irwin Creek near Charlotte, NC, reading 31 square miles. This gauge adds the 13 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Sugar Creek at NC 51 near Pineville, NC at 65 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 67% of the water measured there.
Flood stages and record crests
Sugar Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.5 feet, in August 2011.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 14 ft |
| Minor flooding | 16 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 19 ft |
| Major flooding | 22 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| August 2011 | 17.5 ft |
| February 2020 | 15.2 ft |
| April 1962 | 14.9 ft |
| April 2015 | 14.1 ft |
| September 2016 | 13.7 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge AWRN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Nearby river gauges
- Coffey Creek near Charlotte, NC
- Sugar Creek at NC 51 near Pineville, NC
- Little Sugar C at Archdale Dr at Charlotte, NC
- Steele Creek at Sr1441 near Pineville, NC
- Irwin Creek near Charlotte, NC
- Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, NC
- Little Hope Creek at Seneca Place at Charlotte, NC
- Taggart Creek at West Boulevard near Charlotte, NC
- Little Sugar Creek at Hillside Ave, Charlotte, NC
- Beaverdam Creek above Windy Gap Road near Shopton, NC
- Mcalpine Creek below Mcmullen Creek near Pineville, NC
- Briar Creek above Colony Rd at Charlotte, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02146330. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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