About this river
Locks Creek is a 2.7 mile river near Cape Fear River Adventures in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, NC (site 02104000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical water level by month
1974 to 2026
Locks Creek typically sits highest in March, at a median 14.52 ft, and lowest in October, at 10.21 ft. The highest water level on record for any single day is 61.25 ft, in 2018.
| Month | Typical (ft) | Usual range (ft) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.74 | 11.51 to 19.08 | |
| February | 13.53 | 11.78 to 17.65 | |
| March | 14.52 | 12.09 to 19.03 | |
| April | 12.85 | 11.19 to 16.10 | |
| May | 10.94 | 10.24 to 13.24 | |
| June | 10.51 | 9.94 to 12.26 | |
| July | 10.40 | 9.87 to 11.35 | |
| August | 10.47 | 9.87 to 11.87 | |
| September | 10.29 | 9.80 to 11.59 | |
| October | 10.21 | 9.84 to 11.37 | |
| November | 10.57 | 9.98 to 12.44 | |
| December | 11.68 | 10.47 to 14.62 |
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 47 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, NC (site 02104000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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