Beaverdam Creek above Windy Gap Rd, NC
River level and flood forecast · Mecklenburg County
Normal0.2 ftas of Mon 4 PM
The river is 9.8 ft below flood stage (10 ft).
Flow: 2 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 20 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 15 ft |
| Flood stage | 10 ft |
| Action stage | 9 ft |
| Record crest (June 7, 2003) | 5.91 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 10 ftBRDIGE MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD
- 7 ftBANKFULL STAGE...NOTHING IN THE AREA TO FLOOD AT THIS LEVEL.
- 4 ftPOSSIBLE RISE ON CREEK DUE TO BACKWATER ON THE CATAWBA RIVER CAUSED BY HIGH RESERVOIR LEVELS AND RRELEASES FROM CWAN7
Highest crests on record
- 5.91 ft — June 7, 2003
- 5.78 ft — August 27, 2008
- 3.75 ft — November 22, 2006
- 3.43 ft — May 11, 2011
- 3.4 ft — September 8, 2004
Recent crests: 3.43 ft (May 11, 2011) · 5.78 ft (August 27, 2008) · 3.75 ft (November 22, 2006) · 2.27 ft (September 28, 2004) · 3.16 ft (September 28, 2004)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- Coffee Creek at S Tryon St (NC 49), 3 ENE Steele Creek, NC
- Taggart Creek at West Blvd (NC 160), 1 WSW Reid Park, NC
- Sugar Creek above W Arrowood Rd, 2 W Starmount, NC
- Steele Creek at Carowinds Blvd, 2.5 SSE Steele Creek, NC
- Paw Creek at Wilkinson Blvd, NC
- Irwin Creek at Charlotte Water Treatment Plant, 1 S Reid Park, NC
- Sugar Creek at Rock Hill-Pineville Rd (NC 51), 1 WNW Pineville, NC
- Little Sugar Creek (NC) at Archdale Drive, NC
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (BVRN7); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.