USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02146530 LITTLE SUGAR CREEK AT NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 51 AT PINEVILLE, NC
LOCATION - Lat 35°05'07", long 80°52'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Mecklenburg County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03050103, on left bank on upstream side of North Carolina Highway 51 bridge, 0.5 mi east of intersection of North Carolina Highway 51 and U.S. Highway 521 at Pineville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 49.2 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Revisions: Gage height and discharge for the period October 29, 2019, to September 28, 2023, and the mean gage-heights associated with discharge measurements #208 - #226 were revised on February 13, 2023, based on changes in gage-height corrections.
The datum was revised because the original NAVD88 datum was found to be in error by the Level II GNSS survey that was performed by USGS personnel on October 27, 2022.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1997 to current year. Occasional discharge measurements, water years 1966-97.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 532.05 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988, from levels. Radio telemetry at streamgage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height for period of record, 23.04 ft, July 23, 1997, from floodmarks.