Torrence Creek at Bradford Hill Ln near Huntersvlle, 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 0214265808 sits on Torrence Creek and reads everything draining 7.3 square miles of the Upper Catawba basin. Its datum sits 664 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 19 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 Mcdowell Creek near Charlotte, NC Csw10 at 26 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 28% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Catawba River Dnstrm Deck Mountain Is Dam near Mountain Is, NC. It then enters Mountain Island Lake on Catawba River near Mnt Holly, NC, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Torrence Creek runs a median of 2.8 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 4.7 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 143 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Torrence Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.2 feet, in November 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TORN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.