About this river
Back Creek is a 2.0 mile stream near Cornelius Pontoon Rentals in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Back CR at SR1173 near Harrisburg, NC (site 02124269). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2026
Back Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 3.9 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 441 cfs, in 2021.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8 | 2.0 to 7.7 | |
| February | 3.8 | 2.5 to 8.7 | |
| March | 3.9 | 2.8 to 7.1 | |
| April | 2.6 | 1.9 to 5.0 | |
| May | 2.0 | 1.3 to 5.6 | |
| June | 1.3 | 0.7 to 3.3 | |
| July | 1.0 | 0.4 to 2.8 | |
| August | 1.1 | 0.4 to 2.8 | |
| September | 0.7 | 0.4 to 1.8 | |
| October | 0.9 | 0.5 to 1.9 | |
| November | 1.5 | 0.6 to 4.0 | |
| December | 2.5 | 1.0 to 8.1 |
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 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Back CR at SR1173 near Harrisburg, NC (site 02124269). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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