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River levels

Every gauge we track, sorted by how close it is to flooding. Stage readings come from the USGS; flood categories and forecast crests come from the National Weather Service.

FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT HOT SPRINGS, NC: Below action stage.

2.78ft

1,200 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

4.7 ft below action stage.

FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE, NC: Below action stage.

4.59ft

265 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

10.4 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 6.60 ft

FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ROSMAN, NC: Below action stage.

1.99ft

82 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

5.0 ft below action stage.

TUCKASEGEE RIVER AT BRYSON CITY, NC: Below action stage.

2.18ft

847 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

5.8 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 3.10 ft

LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT NEEDMORE, NC: Below action stage.

2.08ft

385 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

5.4 ft below action stage.

FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT MARSHALL, NC: Below action stage.

1.33ft

930 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

6.2 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 2.60 ft

NOLICHUCKY RIVER AT EMBREEVILLE, TN: Below action stage.

1.91ft

Marker shows minor flood stage.

8.1 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 2.60 ft

PIGEON RIVER NEAR HEPCO, NC

Below action stage

PIGEON RIVER NEAR HEPCO, NC: Below action stage.

2.04ft

287 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

9.0 ft below action stage.

SWANNANOA RIVER AT BILTMORE, NC: Below action stage.

1.44ft

62 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

7.6 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 3.00 ft

PIGEON RIVER NEAR CANTON, NC: Below action stage.

1.44ft

97 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

6.6 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 2.10 ft

SOUTH TOE RIVER NEAR CELO, NC: Below action stage.

1.03ft

120 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

6.0 ft below action stage.

CATAWBA R NR PLEASANT GARDENS, NC: Below action stage.

1.24ft

102 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

7.8 ft below action stage.

FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ASHEVILLE, NC: Below action stage.

1.02ft

704 cfs

Marker shows minor flood stage.

5.5 ft below action stage.

Forecast crest 2.00 ft

BROAD RIVER NEAR BOILING SPRINGS, NC

No flood thresholds published

BROAD RIVER NEAR BOILING SPRINGS, NC: No flood thresholds published.

1.42ft

271 cfs

No official flood thresholds are published for this gauge, so we cannot say how close it is to flooding.

Get river alerts before the water does

One email when a gauge we track is forecast to reach flood stage, with the crest and the timing. Nothing between events.

How to read these numbers

Stage is the height of the water surface at the gauge, not the depth of the river and not a height above any particular street. Flood categories are set per gauge by the National Weather Service and mean different things at different locations — nine feet is routine on one river and serious on another.

A gauge showing “no flood thresholds published” is reporting a real water level, but no official category has been assigned to it, so we will not guess whether it is high.

This page is not an evacuation tool. If water is rising where you are, act on what you can see and on instructions from local emergency management, not on a number from a website.