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Swift Creek near Clayton, NC

River45.6 mi
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Around Swift Creek

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Swift Creek is a 45.6 mile river near Neuse Adventures Canoe and Kayak Rentals in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Swift Creek near Mccullars Crossroads, NC (site 0208758850). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1988 to 2026

Swift Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 27 cfs, and lowest in October, at 6.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,700 cfs, in 1996.

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Typical flow by month at Swift Creek near Mccullars Crossroads, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2313 to 44
February2515 to 49
March2715 to 54
April1911 to 36
May125.0 to 22
June9.73.1 to 22
July9.02.0 to 21
August9.51.5 to 21
September8.31.4 to 21
October6.52.2 to 17
November123.6 to 23
December146.8 to 34

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 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Swift Creek near Mccullars Crossroads, NC (site 0208758850). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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