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McAlpine Creek in North Carolina

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Around McAlpine Creek

5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

McAlpine Creek is a 20.0 mile river near Optimist Training in South Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mcalpine Creek at SR2964 near Camp Cox, SC (site 0214676115). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2006 to 2026

McAlpine Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 130 cfs, and lowest in October, at 75 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 779 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at Mcalpine Creek at SR2964 near Camp Cox, SC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January12292 to 189
February13098 to 181
March124100 to 170
April10488 to 143
May9780 to 135
June9074 to 125
July8974 to 133
August8569 to 122
September7864 to 106
October7565 to 97
November8069 to 119
December10482 to 155

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 20 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mcalpine Creek at SR2964 near Camp Cox, SC (site 0214676115). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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