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Sixmile Creek near Optimist Training

River3.8 mi
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About this river

Sixmile Creek is a 3.8 mile river near Optimist Training in South Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Six Mile Creek near Pineville, NC (site 0214685800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2008 to 2026

Sixmile Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 13 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,310 cfs, in 2018.

Typical flow by month at Six Mile Creek near Pineville, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January127.1 to 24
February137.9 to 29
March128.2 to 22
April7.15.1 to 16
May6.02.9 to 12
June4.71.9 to 11
July3.51.4 to 10
August3.91.0 to 10
September1.80.5 to 6.2
October1.80.9 to 4.7
November3.31.4 to 9.8
December8.04.2 to 20

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 19 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Six Mile Creek near Pineville, NC (site 0214685800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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