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Rocky Creek at highway 25/72 near Greenwood Stage (ft)RYCS1(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (5:36PM Mar 28, 2024)Flood Stage is 10 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Rocky Creek at highway 25/72 near Greenwood. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 19
Moderate Flood Stage: 14.5
Flood Stage: 10
Action Stage: 8.5
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 10.67 ft on 10/05/2015
(2) 8.13 ft on 11/02/2015
(3) 6.95 ft on 12/29/2013
(4) 4.57 ft on 06/11/2012

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 8.13 ft on 11/02/2015
(2) 10.67 ft on 10/05/2015
(3) 6.95 ft on 12/29/2013
(4) 4.57 ft on 06/11/2012

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov.

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15 STAGE AT WHICH BRIDGES ON HALTIWANGER...US ROUTEE 25 AND NORTH SIDE DRIVEE WILL BE FLOODED.
11 STAGE AT WHICH SOME OF THE CREEKS THAT DRAIN INTO THIS CREEK WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FLOOD. Several of the parking lots for Fox Hollow Apartments will be inundated with several inches to as much as 3 feet of water. This will move any parked vehicles in the affected parking lots by several feet or more. Several first floor units for the Fox Hollow Apartments will be inundated with several inches to as much as 1 foot of water.
10 72 BYPASS WILL FLOOD IN LOW AREAS NEAR THE CREEK. Up to one foot of water will inundate the parking lots for the Fox Hollow Apartments. Water will begin to enter several units of the Fox Hollow Apartments.
9 Several inches of water will cover the parking lots for the Fox Hollow Apartments with enough force to move parked vehicles.
8.5 STAGE WATER REACHES BOTTOM OF BRIDGE ON COKESBURY ROAD. Water will begin to flood portions of the parking lots for Fox Hollow Apartments.
4.5 HEAVY RAIN AND A RIVER LEVEL OF 7 FT DID NOT CAUSE SAMPLE CREEK WHICH IS A TRIB TO HEADWATER OF ROCKY CREEK TO FLOOD SAMPLE RD.
2 1.5 TO 2 INCH IN HEADWATERS OVER 2 HR TOOK RIVER UP 2.5 FT. FLOAT DID APPEAR TO GET STUCK THEN POPPED LOOSE AND ROSE FAST.
1 1.0 INCH IN 3 HOUR CAUSED A ONE FOOT RISE.
0.75 0.75 INCH IN 4 HR CAUSED A 1/2 FT RISE
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Latitude: 34.216667° N, Longitude: 82.168889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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NWS stage 0 ft 10 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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NAVD88 541.50 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
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