About this river
Crane Creek is a 2.5 mile river near Cape Fear River Adventures in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little River near Mount Pleasant, NC (site 02102907). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2021 to 2026
Crane Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 164 cfs, and lowest in June, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,800 cfs, in 2025.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 164 | 100 to 295 | |
| February | 148 | 105 to 223 | |
| March | 144 | 100 to 253 | |
| April | 122 | 61 to 235 | |
| May | 82 | 54 to 172 | |
| June | 25 | 14 to 144 | |
| July | 77 | 31 to 234 | |
| August | 95 | 26 to 240 | |
| September | 56 | 31 to 279 | |
| October | 50 | 32 to 117 | |
| November | 76 | 40 to 139 | |
| December | 115 | 79 to 182 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 5 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little River near Mount Pleasant, NC (site 02102907). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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