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Cross Creek in North Carolina

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Cross Creek is a 5.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cross Creek at Blue Street at Fayetteville, NC (site 0210382325). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2021 to 2026

Cross Creek typically runs highest in January, at a median 21 cfs, and lowest in June, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 845 cfs, in 2024.

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Typical flow by month at Cross Creek at Blue Street at Fayetteville, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2115 to 34
February2015 to 28
March2013 to 34
April1510 to 29
May148.7 to 23
June127.0 to 28
July1910 to 44
August1610 to 38
September149.6 to 43
October1411 to 21
November1714 to 27
December2017 to 33

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 5 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cross Creek at Blue Street at Fayetteville, NC (site 0210382325). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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