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Catawba River at Bridgewater Dam Pool (ft)Observed: 96.59 ft at 7:00PM Feb 22, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 8:00PM Feb 22, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 9:00PM Feb 22, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 10:00PM Feb 22, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 11:00PM Feb 22, 2021Observed: 96.57 ft at 12:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.57 ft at 1:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.59 ft at 2:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.61 ft at 3:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.62 ft at 4:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.62 ft at 5:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.63 ft at 6:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.62 ft at 7:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.62 ft at 8:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.61 ft at 9:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.59 ft at 10:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.59 ft at 11:00AM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 12:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 1:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.61 ft at 2:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.59 ft at 3:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.57 ft at 4:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 5:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.55 ft at 6:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.56 ft at 7:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.55 ft at 8:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.54 ft at 9:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.53 ft at 10:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.53 ft at 11:00PM Feb 23, 2021Observed: 96.53 ft at 12:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.53 ft at 1:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.53 ft at 2:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.55 ft at 3:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.56 ft at 4:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.57 ft at 5:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.57 ft at 6:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 7:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 8:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 9:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 10:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.63 ft at 11:00AM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.64 ft at 12:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.64 ft at 1:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.64 ft at 2:00PM Feb 24, 2021Highest Observation: 96.65 ft at 3:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.62 ft at 4:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 5:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 6:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.55 ft at 7:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.54 ft at 8:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.5 ft at 9:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.49 ft at 10:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.44 ft at 11:00PM Feb 24, 2021Observed: 96.43 ft at 12:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.42 ft at 1:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.41 ft at 2:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.42 ft at 3:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.42 ft at 4:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.44 ft at 5:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.44 ft at 6:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.46 ft at 7:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.46 ft at 8:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.46 ft at 9:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.43 ft at 10:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.42 ft at 11:00AM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.39 ft at 12:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.35 ft at 1:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.34 ft at 2:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.3 ft at 3:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.27 ft at 4:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.26 ft at 5:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.23 ft at 6:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.21 ft at 7:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.16 ft at 8:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.15 ft at 9:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.15 ft at 10:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.16 ft at 11:00PM Feb 25, 2021Observed: 96.17 ft at 12:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.18 ft at 1:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.19 ft at 2:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.19 ft at 3:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.2 ft at 4:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.21 ft at 5:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.2 ft at 6:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.18 ft at 7:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.15 ft at 8:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.13 ft at 9:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 10:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 11:00AM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.05 ft at 12:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 1:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 95.99 ft at 5:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 6:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 7:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 9:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 11:00PM Feb 26, 2021Observed: 96.14 ft at 1:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.12 ft at 2:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.16 ft at 3:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.19 ft at 5:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.17 ft at 7:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.15 ft at 8:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.14 ft at 9:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.11 ft at 10:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 11:00AM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 12:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 1:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.01 ft at 2:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 3:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 4:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.03 ft at 5:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.03 ft at 6:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 7:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 8:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 9:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.09 ft at 10:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.11 ft at 11:00PM Feb 27, 2021Observed: 96.12 ft at 12:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.12 ft at 1:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.14 ft at 2:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.15 ft at 3:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.16 ft at 4:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.17 ft at 5:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.17 ft at 6:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.16 ft at 7:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.12 ft at 8:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 9:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 10:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 11:00AM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.03 ft at 12:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96 ft at 1:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 95.99 ft at 2:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 95.96 ft at 3:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 95.97 ft at 4:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 95.99 ft at 5:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96 ft at 6:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.01 ft at 7:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 8:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.03 ft at 9:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.05 ft at 10:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 11:00PM Feb 28, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 12:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.09 ft at 1:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 2:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 3:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 4:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.14 ft at 5:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.13 ft at 6:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.14 ft at 7:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.13 ft at 8:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.13 ft at 9:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.12 ft at 10:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.14 ft at 11:00AM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.09 ft at 12:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.12 ft at 1:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.11 ft at 2:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 3:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.13 ft at 4:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 5:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.09 ft at 6:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 7:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 8:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 9:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 10:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 11:00PM Mar 01, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 12:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 1:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 2:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.11 ft at 3:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 4:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.1 ft at 5:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.09 ft at 6:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 7:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.07 ft at 8:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 9:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.06 ft at 10:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.05 ft at 11:00AM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.04 ft at 12:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.03 ft at 1:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 2:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.02 ft at 3:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.01 ft at 4:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 96.01 ft at 5:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.99 ft at 6:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.99 ft at 7:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.97 ft at 8:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.98 ft at 9:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.96 ft at 10:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.96 ft at 11:00PM Mar 02, 2021Observed: 95.97 ft at 12:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.97 ft at 1:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.98 ft at 2:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.98 ft at 3:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 96 ft at 4:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.99 ft at 5:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 96.01 ft at 6:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.96 ft at 9:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.96 ft at 10:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.95 ft at 11:00AM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.94 ft at 12:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.93 ft at 1:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.95 ft at 2:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.94 ft at 3:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.95 ft at 4:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.92 ft at 5:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.93 ft at 6:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.91 ft at 7:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.91 ft at 8:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.91 ft at 9:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.89 ft at 10:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.89 ft at 11:00PM Mar 03, 2021Observed: 95.89 ft at 12:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.89 ft at 1:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.9 ft at 2:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.9 ft at 3:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.91 ft at 4:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.93 ft at 5:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.91 ft at 6:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.89 ft at 7:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.88 ft at 8:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.88 ft at 9:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.88 ft at 10:00AM Mar 04, 2021Observed: 95.87 ft at 11:00AM Mar 04, 2021BRWN7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (12:36PM Mar 4, 2021)ObservedLatest observed value: 95.87 ft at 11:00 AM EST 4-Mar-2021. Flood Stage is 102 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 110
Moderate Flood Stage: 105
Flood Stage: 102
Action Stage: 100
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 107.36 ft on 09/08/2004
(2) 104.04 ft on 05/06/2013
(3) 103.95 ft on 08/17/1994
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 100.25 ft on 12/30/2015
(2) 100.34 ft on 12/03/2015
(3) 102.25 ft on 07/07/2013
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 5.90 ft on 09/20/1954
(2) 84.49 ft on 01/25/2011
(3) 86.66 ft on 12/11/2007
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110 MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. HOMES AND BRIDGES DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM MAY BE AFFECTED.
105 MODERATE FLOODING OF HOMES ALONG THE SHORELINE IN THE VICINITY OF THE DAM BEGINS. CAMPING SITES WILL BE FLOODED IN THE MOOSE LODGE AREA NEAR NEBO.
104 CAMP SITES IN THE MOOSE LODGE AREA AND ISLAND DRIVE AREA WILL HAVE 2 FT OF WATER IN THEM. CAMPSITES IN THE LAKE JAMES COMMUNITY IN MACDOWELL COUNTY WILL ALL SO BE FLOODED.
103 FLOODING WILL BE ONE FT DEEP AT MOOSE LODGE CAMPSITES NEAR NEBO AND IN THE LAKE JAMES COMMUNITY IN MCDOWELL COUNTY.
102 FLOODING OF DOCKS AND YARDS ALONG THE SHORELINE CONTINUES AND CAMPERS IN THE MOOSE LODGE CAMPGROUND BEGINS.
101 THE RIVER STARTS TO APPROACH CAMPERS ON MOOSE LODGE CAMPGROUND ROAD AND HOUSE BOAT LANE NEAR MARION NC. FLS NEEDED
100 FULL POOL 3600 CFS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DOCKS ALONG THE SHORELINE BEGINS. LINVILLE SHORES CAMPGROUND NEAR FONTA FLORA WILL BEGIN TO GET WATER INTO THE CAMPGROUND. FLS @ 101.0
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Latitude: 35.743333° N, Longitude: 81.839444° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 102 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 1100 ft 1202 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  
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