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Gauge Information
Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:
15.5
Moderate Flood Stage:
13.5
Flood Stage:
10
Action Stage:
8
Historical Crests (1) 15.96 ft on 08/30/1940 (2) 14.25 ft on 03/28/1994 (3) 14.20 ft on 03/18/1999 (4) 14.00 ft on 11/19/1906 (5) 14.00 ft on 02/12/1900 Show More Historical Crests
Low Water Records (1) 0.48 ft on 09/10/1925 (2) 1.46 ft on 10/06/1986 (3) 1.47 ft on 10/04/2007 (4) 1.52 ft on 10/17/2001 (5) 1.56 ft on 10/23/1998 Show More Low Water Records
Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.
Extended rating:
Rating Curve Extension - The Rating Curve Extension is calculated by using either a linear, logarithmic, or hydraulic technique to extend the rating curve above the currently established relationship between stage and flow.
Flood Impacts
17
EXPECT NEAR RECORD FLOODING OF THE CITY.
16
EVERETT STREET AND SLOPE STREET BRIDGES WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
15
HIGH WATER LEVELS ON THE TUCKASEEGEE RIVER WILL CAUSE BACKWATER EFFECTS ALONG DEEP CREEK. THE DEEP CREEK CAMPGROUND AND BRIDGE WILL BE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLOODING. FURTHER FLOODING OF BUILDINGS IN TOWN WILL OCCUR.
13.5
STORES ALONG GIBSON AND ISLAND STREETS WILL BE FLOODED. FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2004.
12
BUSINESSES NEAR EVERETT STREET AND ALONG ISLAND AND CARRINGER STEETS WILL FLOOD. IN WHITTIER, BUSINESSES ALONG THE RIVER WILL HAVE WATER IN THEIR LOADING DOCKS.
11
THE RIVER WILL OVERFLOW IT'S BANKS IN THE PARK DOWNTOWN, AND LOW LYING AEAS ALONG ISLAND AND COLLINS STREETS WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
10
LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN BRYSON WALK AND THE RIVER WILL FLOOD. UPSTREAM BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND THE RIVER, LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING PARTS OF THE BEAR HUNTER CAMPGROUND WILL FLOOD.
9
RIVER WILL OVERFLOW IT'S BANKS AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE BEAR HUNTER CAMPGROUND NEAR BRYSON CITY.
3.5
3.5 TO 4 INCH IN 12 HRS CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE FROM 2.29 TO 9.11 FT
1.4
1.4 INCH IN ONE HOUR HERE AND JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY ON JENKINS BRANCH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING. TKSN7 HAD 2.28 IN IN 2 HOURS.
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Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.
