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Catawba River at Rhodhiss Dam Pool (ft)Observed: 96.91 ft at 8:00PM Sep 16, 2021Observed: 96.91 ft at 9:00PM Sep 16, 2021Observed: 96.96 ft at 10:00PM Sep 16, 2021Observed: 96.99 ft at 11:00PM Sep 16, 2021Observed: 97.01 ft at 12:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.04 ft at 1:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.07 ft at 2:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.09 ft at 3:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.12 ft at 4:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.15 ft at 5:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.19 ft at 6:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.22 ft at 7:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.25 ft at 8:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.27 ft at 9:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.3 ft at 10:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.33 ft at 11:00AM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.36 ft at 12:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.38 ft at 1:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.41 ft at 2:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.36 ft at 3:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.28 ft at 4:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 5:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.1 ft at 6:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.02 ft at 7:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 96.92 ft at 8:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 96.96 ft at 9:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.02 ft at 10:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.05 ft at 11:00PM Sep 17, 2021Observed: 97.09 ft at 12:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.12 ft at 1:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.14 ft at 2:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.18 ft at 3:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.21 ft at 4:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.25 ft at 5:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.28 ft at 6:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.31 ft at 7:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.34 ft at 8:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.27 ft at 9:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.16 ft at 10:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.04 ft at 11:00AM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 12:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.76 ft at 1:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.64 ft at 2:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.71 ft at 3:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.77 ft at 4:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.84 ft at 5:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 6:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 96.94 ft at 7:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97 ft at 8:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.03 ft at 9:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.05 ft at 10:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.08 ft at 11:00PM Sep 18, 2021Observed: 97.11 ft at 12:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.14 ft at 1:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.17 ft at 2:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 3:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.25 ft at 4:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.27 ft at 5:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.29 ft at 6:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.34 ft at 7:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.36 ft at 8:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.31 ft at 9:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.18 ft at 10:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.03 ft at 11:00AM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.89 ft at 12:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.73 ft at 1:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 2:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.52 ft at 3:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.56 ft at 4:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.61 ft at 5:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.69 ft at 6:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.77 ft at 7:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.84 ft at 8:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 9:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.95 ft at 10:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 96.99 ft at 11:00PM Sep 19, 2021Observed: 97.01 ft at 12:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.05 ft at 1:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.07 ft at 2:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.09 ft at 3:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.13 ft at 4:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.15 ft at 5:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.19 ft at 6:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.22 ft at 7:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.25 ft at 8:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.27 ft at 9:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.23 ft at 10:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.17 ft at 11:00AM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 97.09 ft at 12:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.99 ft at 1:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.94 ft at 2:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.94 ft at 3:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.97 ft at 4:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.84 ft at 5:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.73 ft at 6:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.6 ft at 7:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.43 ft at 8:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.28 ft at 9:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 96.13 ft at 10:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 95.97 ft at 11:00PM Sep 20, 2021Observed: 95.87 ft at 12:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.77 ft at 1:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.72 ft at 2:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.65 ft at 3:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.58 ft at 4:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.5 ft at 5:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.43 ft at 6:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.41 ft at 7:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.43 ft at 8:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.46 ft at 9:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.52 ft at 10:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.56 ft at 11:00AM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.6 ft at 12:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.64 ft at 1:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.68 ft at 2:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.74 ft at 3:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.77 ft at 4:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.82 ft at 5:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.86 ft at 6:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.91 ft at 7:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 95.96 ft at 8:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 96 ft at 9:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 96.08 ft at 10:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 96.17 ft at 11:00PM Sep 21, 2021Observed: 96.28 ft at 12:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.38 ft at 1:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.48 ft at 2:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 3:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.7 ft at 4:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.79 ft at 5:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.86 ft at 6:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.93 ft at 7:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.98 ft at 8:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.03 ft at 9:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.08 ft at 10:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.12 ft at 11:00AM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.17 ft at 12:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.22 ft at 1:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.26 ft at 2:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.31 ft at 3:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.38 ft at 4:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.35 ft at 5:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.32 ft at 6:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 7:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 97.05 ft at 8:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 9:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.81 ft at 10:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.7 ft at 11:00PM Sep 22, 2021Observed: 96.66 ft at 12:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.64 ft at 1:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.69 ft at 2:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.71 ft at 3:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.76 ft at 4:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.81 ft at 5:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.86 ft at 6:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 7:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.94 ft at 8:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97 ft at 9:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.03 ft at 10:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.08 ft at 11:00AM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.12 ft at 12:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.16 ft at 1:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 2:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.25 ft at 3:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.29 ft at 4:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.34 ft at 5:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.31 ft at 6:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.25 ft at 7:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 8:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 9:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 97.1 ft at 10:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.92 ft at 11:00PM Sep 23, 2021Observed: 96.74 ft at 12:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 96.84 ft at 1:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 96.93 ft at 2:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97 ft at 3:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.07 ft at 4:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.09 ft at 5:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.13 ft at 6:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.16 ft at 7:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 8:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.24 ft at 9:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.26 ft at 10:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.3 ft at 11:00AM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.34 ft at 12:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.36 ft at 1:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.41 ft at 2:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.48 ft at 3:00PM Sep 24, 2021Highest Observation: 97.53 ft at 4:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.51 ft at 5:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.43 ft at 6:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.32 ft at 7:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.2 ft at 8:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97.1 ft at 9:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 97 ft at 10:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 96.89 ft at 11:00PM Sep 24, 2021Observed: 96.89 ft at 12:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 1:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.93 ft at 2:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.97 ft at 3:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 97 ft at 4:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 97.02 ft at 5:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 97.07 ft at 6:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 97.1 ft at 7:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 97.08 ft at 8:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 97.03 ft at 9:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.98 ft at 10:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.93 ft at 11:00AM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.86 ft at 12:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.8 ft at 1:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.74 ft at 2:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.69 ft at 3:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.58 ft at 4:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.44 ft at 5:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.32 ft at 6:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.19 ft at 7:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.27 ft at 8:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.35 ft at 9:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.43 ft at 10:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.49 ft at 11:00PM Sep 25, 2021Observed: 96.57 ft at 12:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.63 ft at 1:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.68 ft at 2:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.71 ft at 3:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.75 ft at 4:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.77 ft at 5:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.81 ft at 6:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.83 ft at 7:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.87 ft at 8:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.9 ft at 9:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.87 ft at 10:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.82 ft at 11:00AM Sep 26, 2021Observed: 96.78 ft at 12:00PM Sep 26, 2021RHON7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (2:06PM Sep 26, 2021)ObservedLatest observed value: 96.78 ft at 12:00 PM EDT 26-Sep-2021. Flood Stage is 104 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 110
Moderate Flood Stage: 106
Flood Stage: 104
Action Stage: 100
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 110.10 ft on 08/30/1940
(2) 107.41 ft on 09/09/2004
(3) 105.34 ft on 05/06/2013
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 104.17 ft on 06/10/2019 (P)
(2) 101.73 ft on 02/12/2018
(3) 101.27 ft on 12/25/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 83.70 ft on 05/16/1941
(2) 90.49 ft on 10/18/2007
(3) 91.64 ft on 09/20/2002
(4) 93.81 ft on 09/15/2004
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110 MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. HOMES AND BRIDGES DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM MAY BE AFFECTED.
105 WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD HOMES AND BUSINESSES ON CATAWBA AVEUNE DOWSTREAM OF THE DAM ON BURKE COUNTY SIDE OF RIVER. MODERATE FLOODING OF DOCKS ALONG SHORELINE WILL OCCURR DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM.
104 Minor Flood Stage. Floodwaters may approach homes and businesses between Morganton and Lake Rhodhiss. Backwater effects will impact several tributaries including Silver Creek and Lower Creek, causing flooding of low-lying areas along the tributaries, including at Antioch Rd. River access points will be flooded, including at Huffman Bridge Rd. The Catawba River Greenway near Morganton is likely flooded as well.
103 Action/Advisory Stage flooding continues. Backwater effects may impact several tributaries including Silver Creek and Lower Creek, causing flooding of low-lying areas along the tributaries, including at Antioch Rd. River access points will be flooded, including at Huffman Bridge Rd. The Catawba River Greenway near Morganton may be flooded as well.
102 FLOODING OF DOCKS AND YARDS ALONG THE SHORELINE OCCURRS UP AND DOWN STREAM OF THE DAM.
100 FULL POOL. FLOODING OF DOCKS AND YARDS ALONG SHORE LINE WILL BEGIN. FLS @ 102
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Latitude: 35.773282° N, Longitude: 81.438092° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 104 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 895.1 ft 997.1 ft  
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