Sugar Creek above W Arrowood Rd, 2 W Starmount, NC
River level and flood forecast · Mecklenburg County
Normal0.4 ftas of Mon 4 PM
The river is 15.6 ft below flood stage (16 ft).
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 | 22 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 19 ft |
| Flood stage | 16 ft |
| Action stage | 14 ft |
| Record crest (August 6, 2011) | 17.52 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 22 ftMajor Flood Stage.
- 19 ftModerate Flood Stage.
- 16 ftMinor Flood Stage.
- 14 ftAction/Advisory Stage.
Highest crests on record
- 17.52 ft — August 6, 2011
- 15.15 ft — February 7, 2020
- 14.9 ft — April 11, 1962
- 14.1 ft — April 20, 2015
- 13.73 ft — September 26, 2016
Recent crests: 15.15 ft (February 7, 2020) · 13.59 ft (January 23, 2017) · 11.15 ft (October 8, 2016) · 13.73 ft (September 26, 2016) · 14.1 ft (April 20, 2015)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamIrwin Creek at Charlotte Water Treatment Plant, 1 S Reid Park, NC
- DownstreamSugar Creek at Rock Hill-Pineville Rd (NC 51), 1 WNW Pineville, NC
- Coffee Creek at S Tryon St (NC 49), 3 ENE Steele Creek, NC
- Little Sugar Creek (NC) at Archdale Drive, NC
- Steele Creek at Carowinds Blvd, 2.5 SSE Steele Creek, NC
- Little Hope Creek above Seneca Pl, in Madison Park, NC
- Little Sugar Creek (NC) at NC51 Pineville, NC
- Little Sugar Creek above Hillside Ave, in Myers Park, NC
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (AWRN7); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.