Swift Creek at Sr1555 near Clayton, 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 0208773375 sits on Swift Creek and reads everything draining 114 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 154 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 18 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Benson at Dam near Garner, NC, reading 66 square miles. This gauge adds the 47 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Neuse River near Cox Mill, NC at 1,679 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 7% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Swift Creek runs a median of 33 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 79 cfs, and September the leanest at 15 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,850 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 4.1 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Swift Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SFCN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.