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West Fork Tuckasegee River at Thorpe Dam Pool (ft)Observed: 97.22 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2022Observed: 97.21 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2022Observed: 97.2 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2022Observed: 97.21 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.24 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.24 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.27 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.22 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.22 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.2 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.2 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.19 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.2 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.22 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.22 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2022Observed: 97.22 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.24 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.24 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.24 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.27 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.27 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.21 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.21 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.2 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.19 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.18 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.18 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.17 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2022Observed: 97.16 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.16 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.14 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.14 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.09 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.14 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.15 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.15 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.15 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.16 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.16 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.16 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.09 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.08 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.07 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.07 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.1 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.13 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.12 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.15 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.18 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.18 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.19 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2022Observed: 97.19 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.2 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.21 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.23 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.25 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.26 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.27 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.28 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.3 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.33 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.32 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.34 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.37 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.4 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.45 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.5 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.55 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.58 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.63 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.64 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.65 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.66 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 97.68 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.68 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.69 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.69 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.7 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.7 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.71 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.71 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.92 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.92 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.92 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.89 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.89 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.89 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.91 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.94 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.98 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 97.99 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.01 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.03 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.04 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.05 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.06 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.06 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.07 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.06 ft at 5:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.05 ft at 6:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.04 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.03 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.03 ft at 9:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.02 ft at 10:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.01 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 98.01 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.01 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.02 ft at 2:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.04 ft at 3:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.06 ft at 4:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.11 ft at 5:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.17 ft at 6:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.2 ft at 7:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.26 ft at 8:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.29 ft at 9:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.34 ft at 10:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.41 ft at 11:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.48 ft at 12:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.53 ft at 1:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.59 ft at 2:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.63 ft at 3:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.7 ft at 4:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.74 ft at 5:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.74 ft at 6:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.73 ft at 7:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.72 ft at 8:00PM May 26, 2022Highest Observation: 98.75 ft at 9:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.71 ft at 10:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.67 ft at 11:00PM May 26, 2022Observed: 98.63 ft at 12:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.59 ft at 1:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.55 ft at 2:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.52 ft at 3:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.48 ft at 4:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.43 ft at 5:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.37 ft at 6:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.3 ft at 7:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.24 ft at 8:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.18 ft at 9:00AM May 27, 2022Observed: 98 ft at 12:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.02 ft at 1:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.05 ft at 2:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.04 ft at 3:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.05 ft at 4:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.08 ft at 5:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.09 ft at 6:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.12 ft at 7:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.13 ft at 8:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.16 ft at 9:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.17 ft at 10:00PM May 27, 2022Observed: 98.19 ft at 11:00PM May 27, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesTHPN7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (12:21AM May 28, 2022)ObservedLatest observed value: 98.19 ft at 11:00 PM EDT 27-May-2022. Flood Stage is 102.5 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the West Fork Tuckasegee River at Thorpe Dam. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 110
Moderate Flood Stage: 105
Flood Stage: 102.5
Action Stage: 100
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 96.87 ft on 04/21/2005
(2) 95.17 ft on 03/12/2011

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 95.17 ft on 03/12/2011
(2) 96.87 ft on 04/21/2005

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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6000 A DISCHARGE OF 6000 CFS WILL CAUSE LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN GLENVILLE AND TUCKASEGEE DAM, ALONG HIGHWAY 107 AND CULLOWHEE FORES ROAD TO FLOOD. FLS NEEDED
5000 DISCHARGE OF 5000 - PARTS OF RIVER ROAD IN JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED. FLS NEEDED
110 MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. HOMES AND BRIDGES DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM MAY BE AFFECTED. DANGEROUS FOR WHITEWATER RAFTING AND OTHER WATER ENTHUSIASTS.
105 MODERATE FLOODING ALONG SHORELINE AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. WHITEWATER RAFTING OPERATIONS DEFINITELY IMPACTED.
102 MINOR FLOODING OF DOCKS, WITH POSIBLE ADVERSE IMPACT ON WHITEWATER RAFTING OPERATIONS.
100 FULL POOL. FLOODING ALONG SHORELINE AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM WILL BEGIN.
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Latitude: 35.196667° N, Longitude: 83.152778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 102.5 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 3391.2 ft 3491.2 ft  

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