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NOTE: Please refer to our Coastal Hazard Message for specific information regarding Coastal Flood Watches, Warnings and Advisories. Actual impacts from any coastal flooding event may vary due to factors such as rainfall, wave action, and the number of tide cycles during which there is an onshore flow. During tropical cyclones, please refer here for additional storm surge information. NOTE: Forecasts for the Buzzards Bay at New Bedford Hurricane Barrier (IN MLLW) are issued routinely year-round. Vertical Datum references a tidal datum (MLLW)...for more information see Tides and Currents .

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 9.5 Moderate Flood Stage: 7.5 Flood Stage: 6 Action Stage: 5.5 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 13.64 ft on 09/21/1938 (2) 13.04 ft on 08/31/1954 (3) 12.64 ft on 09/23/1815 (4) 9.24 ft on 09/14/1944 (5) 8.74 ft on 08/19/1991 (6) 7.95 ft on 10/29/2012 (7) 7.94 ft on 11/30/1944 (8) 7.54 ft on 01/10/1997 (9) 7.54 ft on 01/10/1987 (10) 7.45 ft on 12/23/2022 (P) Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 7.45 ft on 12/23/2022 (P) (2) 6.11 ft on 05/17/2022 (P) (3) 6.29 ft on 05/08/2020 (4) 6.34 ft on 04/10/2020 (5) 6.00 ft on 01/30/2018 (6) 6.00 ft on 01/04/2018 (7) 6.14 ft on 05/27/2017 (8) 6.74 ft on 02/09/2016 (9) 6.34 ft on 09/30/2015 (10) 6.61 ft on 12/27/2012 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

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7.5	Moderate coastal flooding occurs in locations in Dartmouth, New Bedford, Fairhaven and Wareham outside of protection from the Hurricane Barrier. Various roads are affected, including Smith Neck Road and the Padanaram Bridge in Dartmouth, and French Street in New Bedford.
6.5	Minor coastal flooding and splashover occurs in vulnerable sections of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford and Wareham that are outside of protection of the Hurricane Barrier. Vulnerable locations include Smith Neck Road and the Padanaram Bridge in Dartmouth, and French Street in New Bedford.

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Latitude: 41.620000° N, Longitude: 70.910278° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 6 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 -1.14 5.0 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available 6.0 MLLW (Mean Lower Low Water)

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