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Oconaluftee Riverat Birdtown, NC (Gauge BIRN7)
Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge BIRN7
Normal Stage: 1.87 ft
Flow: 0.512 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
9': Action
10': Flood
12': Moderate Flood
13': Major Flood
Gauge BIRN7 History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
CURRENT 02/16/2012 09:30 am 1.87 0.512
  02/16/2012 09:15 am 1.87 0.512
  02/16/2012 09:00 am 1.86 0.506
  02/16/2012 08:45 am 1.86 0.506
  02/16/2012 08:30 am 1.86 0.506
  02/16/2012 08:15 am 1.85 0.500
  02/16/2012 08:00 am 1.85 0.500
  02/16/2012 07:45 am 1.84 0.494
  02/16/2012 07:30 am 1.84 0.494
  02/16/2012 07:15 am 1.84 0.494
  02/16/2012 07:00 am 1.83 0.488
  02/16/2012 06:45 am 1.83 0.488
  02/16/2012 06:30 am 1.83 0.488
  02/16/2012 06:15 am 1.83 0.488
  02/16/2012 06:00 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 05:45 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 05:30 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 05:15 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 05:00 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 04:45 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 04:30 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 04:15 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 04:00 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 03:45 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 03:30 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 03:15 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 03:00 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 02:45 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 02:30 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 02:15 am 1.82 0.482
  02/16/2012 02:00 am 1.82 0.482
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
18.0ALL TIME RECORD FLOODING WILL BE OBSERVED.
17.0EXPECT MOST STORES AND MOTELS IN BIRDTOWN AND CHEROKEE...AS WELL AS PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 19A AND 441...TO BE FLOODED.
15.0MOST BUILDINGS WILL BE FLOODED IN BIRDTOWN BETWEEN MCCOY BRANCH ROAD AND ADAMS CREEK ROAD.
13.0BUSINESSES AND HOTELS IN BIRDTOWN AND CHEROKEE WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
12.0SOME HOMES ALONG THE RIVER NEAR CHEROKEE AND BIRDTOWN WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. PARTS OF HIGHWAY 19A WILL ALSO BE COVERED WITH WATER.
11.7WATER REACHS US 19 JUST WEST OF GOOSE CREEK RD
10.0PARTS OF OLD HIGHWAY 4 NEAR KEENER ROAD WILL BE FLOODED AND BUILDINGS NEAR CLINE AND HAIGER STREETS WILL START TO GET WATER IN THEM. FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON MAY 6, 2003.
9.2WATER WILL APPROACH THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON OLD HIGHWAY NUMBER 4. WATER WILL APPROACH HOMES ON HIGHWAY 19 BETWEEN ADAMS CREEK AND MCCOY BRANCH RD.
8.0FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY UPSTREAM ALONG THE OCONALUFTEE RIVER IN THE YELLOW HILL COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY ALONG WHITE WATER DRIVE.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 18.00 ft on 11/19/1906
2) 14.50 ft on 03/27/1913
3) 12.46 ft on 12/30/1969
4) 12.29 ft on 03/16/1973
5) 12.00 ft on 01/07/1946
1) 0.66 ft on 10/19/1954
2) 0.69 ft on 11/08/1987
3) 0.73 ft on 10/04/2007
4) 0.75 ft on 09/08/2007
5) 0.86 ft on 09/13/2002

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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