Maggie Creek above Maggie Creek Cyn near Carlin Water Level
Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Maggie Creek above Maggie Creek Cyn near Carlin in NV, United States, built from official government gauge data.
- Location NV, United States
- Watershed upper humboldt
- Primary gauge 10321940 (USGS)
About Maggie Creek above Maggie Creek Cyn near Carlin
Maggie Creek above Maggie Creek Cyn near Carlin sits in the Upper Humboldt watershed in Nevada.
The watershed
This station drains 332 square miles (860 km2) upstream of the gauge. That area is what matters for the readings here, not the larger watershed name on the map.
For people watching this creek, the main pattern is seasonal. The typical high point comes in May at 3.23 ft (0.99 m), and the typical low point comes in August at 2.3 ft (0.7 m). The normal annual swing is 11.3 in (28.6 cm), which is the range a crossing, intake, or bank-side setup has to live with from one part of the year to the next.
The record range is wider than the seasonal pattern. The highest level in the record was 6.14 ft (1.87 m) in March 2017. The lowest was 2.1 ft (0.64 m) in August 2025.
What the numbers say
The record high is worth keeping in mind if you use this creek for access, stock water, or angling: 6.14 ft (1.87 m) is well above the typical May level of 3.23 ft (0.99 m). The record low, 2.1 ft (0.64 m), sits below the typical August level of 2.3 ft (0.7 m), so late summer can tighten the margin even in a normal year.
I do not have a fastest 24-hour rise in the facts provided, so I cannot give you a warning-time number here. That matters because the sharpest daily rise is often the best quick signal for how fast conditions can change at the station.
The record spans 30 years, so the station has enough history to show the usual seasonal shape and the larger swings that sit outside it.
Reading the hero number
The hero number on this page is the current reading set against the median for this calendar day across the station record. That is more useful than raw elevation because it tells you whether today is ordinary for this date, high for the season, or low for the season.
This station is a USGS site, and the record length is more than 30 years. When you are deciding whether to cross, pump, or fish, the day-specific comparison gives a better picture than a single height on its own.
How this page is built
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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