About this river
Cove Creek is an 8.3 mile river near H2o Dreams Paddling School in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cove Creek near Lake Lure, NC (site 02149000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1951 to 2026
Cove Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 138 cfs, and lowest in September, at 75 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,080 cfs, in 2024.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 114 | 83 to 161 | |
| February | 126 | 88 to 182 | |
| March | 138 | 98 to 192 | |
| April | 137 | 103 to 200 | |
| May | 115 | 82 to 165 | |
| June | 102 | 69 to 148 | |
| July | 85 | 58 to 124 | |
| August | 79 | 54 to 119 | |
| September | 75 | 52 to 105 | |
| October | 76 | 52 to 116 | |
| November | 89 | 62 to 123 | |
| December | 105 | 73 to 147 |
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 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cove Creek near Lake Lure, NC (site 02149000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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