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Riverside Marina, Paddle and Row

Irwin Creek near Belmont, NC

River9.2 mi
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Around Irwin Creek

2 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Irwin Creek is a 9.2 mile river near Riverside Marina, Paddle and Row in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Irwin CR at Statesville Ave at Charlotte, NC (site 02146211). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1981 to 2024

Irwin Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 4.4 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 800 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Irwin CR at Statesville Ave at Charlotte, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3.82.1 to 6.9
February4.02.4 to 7.8
March4.42.8 to 8.6
April3.42.2 to 5.8
May2.31.6 to 3.9
June1.91.1 to 3.5
July1.30.8 to 2.8
August1.10.7 to 2.5
September1.00.6 to 2.1
October1.00.7 to 1.8
November1.40.9 to 3.3
December2.31.5 to 5.7

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 38 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Irwin CR at Statesville Ave at Charlotte, NC (site 02146211). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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