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Lumber River at Lumberton Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 7.85 ft at 11:50PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 12:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 12:35AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 12:50AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 1:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 1:35AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 1:50AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 2:05AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 2:20AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 2:35AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 3:05AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 3:20AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 3:35AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 4:05AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 4:20AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 4:35AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 4:50AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 7.86 ft at 5:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 5:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 5:35AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 6:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 6:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.85 ft at 6:50AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.84 ft at 7:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.84 ft at 8:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.84 ft at 8:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.84 ft at 9:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.84 ft at 9:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 10:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 10:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 10:35AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 10:50AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 11:05AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 11:20AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 11:35AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 11:50AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 12:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 12:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 12:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 1:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 1:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 1:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.83 ft at 2:05PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 2:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 2:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 2:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 3:05PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 3:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.81 ft at 4:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.81 ft at 4:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.81 ft at 4:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.81 ft at 5:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.8 ft at 5:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.8 ft at 6:05PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.8 ft at 6:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.8 ft at 6:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.8 ft at 7:05PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.79 ft at 7:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.79 ft at 7:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.79 ft at 8:05PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.79 ft at 8:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.79 ft at 8:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.79 ft at 8:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 9:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 9:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 9:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 10:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 10:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 10:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 11:20PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 11:35PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 11:50PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 12:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 12:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 12:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 1:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 1:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 1:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 2:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 2:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 2:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 2:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 3:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 3:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 3:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 4:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 4:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 4:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.78 ft at 4:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 5:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 5:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 5:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 5:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 6:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.77 ft at 6:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 6:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 6:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 7:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 7:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 11:05AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 11:20AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 11:35AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 11:50AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 12:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 12:50PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 1:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 1:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 1:50PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 2:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 2:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 2:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 2:50PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 3:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 3:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 3:50PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 4:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 4:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 4:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 5:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 6:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 6:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 6:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 7:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 7:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 7:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 7:50PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 8:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 8:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:50PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 10:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:05PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:20PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:35PM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 12:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 1:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 3:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 3:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 3:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 3:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 4:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 4:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 4:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 4:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 5:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 5:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 5:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 6:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:20AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:35AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 10:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 11:05AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:50AM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 12:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 12:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 1:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 2:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.74 ft at 3:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 3:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 4:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 4:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 4:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 4:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 5:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 5:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 5:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 6:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 6:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.73 ft at 6:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 7:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 7:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 7:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 8:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 8:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 8:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 9:20PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.71 ft at 10:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.71 ft at 10:35PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.71 ft at 10:50PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.72 ft at 11:05PM Oct 04, 2023Observed: 7.71 ft at 11:20PM Oct 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 2:00AM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 8:00AM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 2:00PM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 8:00PM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 2:00AM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 8:00AM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 2:00PM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 8:00PM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 7.7 ft 2:00AM Oct 07, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 8:00AM Oct 07, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 2:00PM Oct 07, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 8:00PM Oct 07, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 2:00AM Oct 08, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 8:00AM Oct 08, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 2:00PM Oct 08, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 8:00PM Oct 08, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 2:00AM Oct 09, 2023Forecast: 7.6 ft 8:00AM Oct 09, 2023LBRN7(plotting HGIRR) Graph Created (11:37PM Oct 4, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 8:24AM Oct 4)Latest observed value: 7.71 ft at 11:20 PM EDT 4-Oct-2023. Flood Stage is 13 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Lumber River at Lumberton are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 19
Moderate Flood Stage: 16
Flood Stage: 13
Action Stage: 12
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 29.00 ft on 09/17/2018 (P)
(2) 28.00 ft on 10/09/2016
(3) 21.06 ft on 02/20/2021
(4) 20.48 ft on 09/11/2004
(5) 20.04 ft on 10/19/1999
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.06 ft on 02/20/2021
(2) 17.73 ft on 02/15/2021
(3) 15.88 ft on 02/03/2021
(4) 14.75 ft on 01/30/2021
(5) 16.87 ft on 01/05/2021
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 4.69 ft on 08/14/2002
(2) 5.14 ft on 08/21/2007
(3) 5.43 ft on 07/23/2011
(4) 5.44 ft on 09/26/2010
(5) 5.46 ft on 09/12/1999
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26 Interstate 95 is flooded where it crosses the river between exit 17 and exit 19.
19 Extensive flooding occurs along the river. Over 50 dwellings will be inundated or isolated due to the flood waters and several roads will be closed especially in the Pines area and Coxs Pond area. Carthage Road may be completely covered with water.
18 Flood waters deepen in the Pines and Coxs Pond areas as well as along River Road. Flood waters may affect Carthage Road. Several homes will become isolated or inundated between the Pepsi plant and the river. Chickenfoot Road, Hestertown Road and Noir Street will be closed.
17 Flooding worsens west of Interstate 95 and water may begin surrounding homes in the Pines and Coxs Pond areas. Homes off River Road may become isolated by flood waters. Water may also affect yards off Planetarium Road and fields off deep Branch Road. East of Lumberton, the lowest homes in the Pines area may be flooded and homes may be surrounded by water in the Pines area and between the Pepsi plant and the river. Chickenfoot Road, Noir Street and Hestertown Road may be impassable.
16 Flooding worsens in the Pines and Coxs Pond areas as well as along River Road. Flooding also worsens between the Pepsi plant and the river on the east side of town. In addition, Chickenfoot Road, Hestertown Road and Noir Street will have flood waters on them.
15 Flood waters will affect yards in the Pines area, Coxs Pond area, and along River Road. Additional residential property will be affected between the Pepsi plant and the river on the east side of Lumberton.
13 Low land flooding will occur along the river. The flood waters may affect some residential property as water backs up into the drainage ditches in the city.
11 Low land flooding will occur along the river.
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Latitude: 34.633611° N, Longitude: 79.037778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 13 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 100 ft 113 ft  
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