USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
02147126 WAXHAW CREEK AT SECONDARY ROAD 1103 NEAR JACKSON, NC
LOCATION - Lat 34°50'13", long 80°47'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Union County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03050103, on right upstream wingwall on Secondary Road 1103, 6 mi upstream from mouth, 6 mi southwest of Jackson, 6.5 mi south of Waxhaw.
DRAINAGE AREA - 35.1 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2002 to October 2008, July 2009 to September 2015 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 480.33 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Satellite telemetry at streamgage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge for period of record, 2,880 ft³/s, March 20, 2003, from rating curve extended above 2,260 ft³/s on basis of step-backwater computations. Maximum gage height for period of record, 10.71 ft, March 20, 2003, from crest-stage gage. No flow occurs most years.