Sugar Creek NC near Fort Mill, SC
River level and flood forecast · York County
Normal4.9 ftas of Mon 3:45 PM
The river is 22.1 ft below flood stage (27 ft).
Flow: 272 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 | 40 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 34 ft |
| Flood stage | 27 ft |
| Action stage | 26 ft |
| Record crest (August 27, 2008) | 27.3 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 26 ftFORT MILL HIGHWAY WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD AT 26 FT.
- 2 ft2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 6 HOURS WILL CAUSE SUGAR CREEK TO RISE FROM 6 FT TO 15 FEET.
Highest crests on record
- 27.3 ft — August 27, 2008
- 27.23 ft — September 9, 2018
- 24.83 ft — November 22, 2006
- 24.57 ft — January 25, 2010
- 21.64 ft — December 23, 2013
Recent crests: 20.27 ft (November 16, 2018) · 27.23 ft (September 9, 2018) · 20.86 ft (January 23, 2017) · 21.09 ft (December 31, 2015) · 20.77 ft (November 3, 2015)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamSugar Creek at Rock Hill-Pineville Rd (NC 51), 1 WNW Pineville, NC
- Six Mile Creek below Marvin Rd, 2 NW Marvin, NC
- Catawba River above Rock Hill, SC
- McAlpine Creek at Waste Water Treatment Plant, NC
- Little Sugar Creek (NC) at NC51 Pineville, NC
- Manchester Creek near Rock Hill, SC
- Big Dutchman Creek at Mt Gallant Rd, 5 NNE Rock Hill, SC
- Fourmile Creek (NC) at Elm Lane, NC
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (SUGS1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.