Coffee Creek at S Tryon St (NC 49), 3 ENE Steele Creek, NC
River level and flood forecast · Mecklenburg County
Normal2.5 ftas of Mon 4 PM
The river is 10.5 ft below flood stage (13 ft).
Flow: 11 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 | 18 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 15 ft |
| Flood stage | 13 ft |
| Action stage | 12 ft |
| Record crest (August 27, 2008) | 12.11 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 14.5 ftMinor flooding continues. The Rise Sunridge Apartments are likely flooding.
- 13 ftMinor Flood Stage. Flooding of the Rise Sunridge Apartments may be imminent.
Highest crests on record
- 12.11 ft — August 27, 2008
- 11.75 ft — June 8, 2003
- 11.42 ft — April 19, 2015
- 11.1 ft — January 25, 2010
- 11.01 ft — March 2, 2007
Recent crests: 10.3 ft (January 23, 2017) · 11.42 ft (April 19, 2015) · 10.36 ft (December 23, 2013) · 9.49 ft (March 3, 2012) · 10.37 ft (August 5, 2011)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- Sugar Creek above W Arrowood Rd, 2 W Starmount, NC
- Steele Creek at Carowinds Blvd, 2.5 SSE Steele Creek, NC
- Irwin Creek at Charlotte Water Treatment Plant, 1 S Reid Park, NC
- Beaverdam Creek above Windy Gap Rd, NC
- Little Sugar Creek (NC) at Archdale Drive, NC
- Sugar Creek at Rock Hill-Pineville Rd (NC 51), 1 WNW Pineville, NC
- Taggart Creek at West Blvd (NC 160), 1 WSW Reid Park, NC
- Little Hope Creek above Seneca Pl, in Madison Park, NC
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (COFN7); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.