Tick Creek near Mount Vernon Springs, 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 02101800 sits on Tick Creek and reads everything draining 16 square miles of the Deep basin. Its datum sits 447 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1958, 56 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 Deep River at Moncure, NC at 1,434 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cape Fear River at Lillington, NC.

Normal flows here

Tick Creek runs a median of 2.1 cfs at this gauge across 56 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 11 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,340 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1958 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Tick Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.6 feet, in September 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MVSN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.