Swift Creek near Mccullars Crossroads, 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 0208758850 sits on Swift Creek and reads everything draining 36 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 250 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1988, 38 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Lake Wheeler on Swift Creek near Raleigh, NC sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Swift Creek near Apex, NC, reading 21 square miles. This gauge adds the 15 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lake Benson at Dam near Garner, NC at 66 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 54% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Swift Creek at Sr1555 near Clayton, NC.

Normal flows here

Swift Creek runs a median of 12 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 27 cfs, and October the leanest at 6.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,700 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1988 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 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.2 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SFTN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.