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Pigeon House Creek at Fenton Street at Raleigh, NC Flow & Water Level

North Carolina · USGS gauge 0208732593 · live data

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 0208732593 sits on Pigeon House Creek and reads everything draining 4.1 square miles of the Upper Neuse basin. Its datum sits 192 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Pigeon House Creek at Dortch Street at Raleigh, NC, reading 1.2 square miles. This gauge adds the 2.9 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Neuse River near Clayton, NC at 1,150 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Neuse River at Smithfield, NC.

Flood stages and record crests

Pigeon House Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.7 feet, in September 2024.

NWS flood categories
CategoryGage height
Action11 ft
Minor flooding12 ft
Moderate flooding14 ft
Major flooding17 ft
Highest crests on record
WhenCrest
September 202414.7 ft
September 202414 ft
September 202413.5 ft
January 202413.4 ft
March 202513.4 ft

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PHFN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Nearby river gauges

Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0208732593. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.

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