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Neuse River at Smithfield Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 5.07 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 6:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 7:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.06 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 8:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 8:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.07 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.08 ft at 9:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.11 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.12 ft at 10:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 10:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 10:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.12 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.11 ft at 11:15AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.11 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.12 ft at 11:45AM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.09 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.12 ft at 12:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 12:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 12:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.14 ft at 1:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 1:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.12 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.11 ft at 2:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.1 ft at 2:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.1 ft at 2:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.09 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.08 ft at 3:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.08 ft at 3:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.09 ft at 3:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.13 ft at 4:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.14 ft at 4:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.18 ft at 4:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.21 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.2 ft at 5:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.19 ft at 5:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.18 ft at 5:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.17 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 6:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 6:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 6:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.15 ft at 7:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.15 ft at 7:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.15 ft at 7:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 8:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.17 ft at 8:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.18 ft at 8:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.21 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.26 ft at 9:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.32 ft at 9:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.41 ft at 9:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.51 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.62 ft at 10:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.73 ft at 10:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.85 ft at 10:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 5.97 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2022Observed: 6.07 ft at 11:15PM May 23, 2022Observed: 6.17 ft at 11:30PM May 23, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 11:45PM May 23, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.41 ft at 12:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.47 ft at 12:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.51 ft at 12:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.56 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.59 ft at 1:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.63 ft at 1:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.65 ft at 1:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.67 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.69 ft at 2:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.7 ft at 2:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.71 ft at 2:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.72 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.74 ft at 3:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.75 ft at 3:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.76 ft at 3:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.78 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.79 ft at 4:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.81 ft at 4:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.83 ft at 4:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.85 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.88 ft at 5:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.91 ft at 5:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.95 ft at 5:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 6.99 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.05 ft at 6:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.11 ft at 6:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.16 ft at 6:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.23 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.31 ft at 7:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.39 ft at 7:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.47 ft at 7:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.57 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.67 ft at 8:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.77 ft at 8:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 7.89 ft at 8:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.13 ft at 9:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.26 ft at 9:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.37 ft at 9:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.5 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.66 ft at 10:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.8 ft at 10:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 8.94 ft at 10:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.09 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.25 ft at 11:15AM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.39 ft at 11:30AM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.53 ft at 11:45AM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.68 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.81 ft at 12:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 9.94 ft at 12:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.06 ft at 12:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.18 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.3 ft at 1:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.39 ft at 1:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.49 ft at 1:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.59 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.67 ft at 2:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.76 ft at 2:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.81 ft at 2:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.87 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 10.94 ft at 3:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.01 ft at 3:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.08 ft at 3:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.13 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.16 ft at 4:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.23 ft at 4:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.28 ft at 4:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.32 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.34 ft at 5:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.38 ft at 5:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.4 ft at 5:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.43 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.44 ft at 6:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.48 ft at 6:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.5 ft at 6:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.51 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.52 ft at 7:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.52 ft at 7:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.53 ft at 7:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.54 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.54 ft at 8:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.55 ft at 8:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.55 ft at 8:45PM May 24, 2022Highest Observation: 11.56 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2022Highest Observation: 11.56 ft at 9:15PM May 24, 2022Highest Observation: 11.56 ft at 9:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.55 ft at 9:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.53 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.53 ft at 10:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.52 ft at 10:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.5 ft at 10:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.49 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.48 ft at 11:15PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.47 ft at 11:30PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.45 ft at 11:45PM May 24, 2022Observed: 11.43 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.42 ft at 12:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.39 ft at 12:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.37 ft at 12:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.35 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.33 ft at 1:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.3 ft at 1:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.29 ft at 1:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.26 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.23 ft at 2:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.2 ft at 2:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.17 ft at 2:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.14 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.12 ft at 3:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.08 ft at 3:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.05 ft at 3:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 11.03 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.99 ft at 4:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.96 ft at 4:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.92 ft at 4:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.89 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.85 ft at 5:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.81 ft at 5:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.78 ft at 5:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.73 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.7 ft at 6:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.66 ft at 6:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.61 ft at 6:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.57 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.53 ft at 7:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.48 ft at 7:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.44 ft at 7:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.38 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.34 ft at 8:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.29 ft at 8:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.24 ft at 8:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.18 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.13 ft at 9:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.09 ft at 9:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 10.04 ft at 9:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.98 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.93 ft at 10:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.88 ft at 10:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.83 ft at 10:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.78 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.73 ft at 11:15AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.67 ft at 11:30AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.62 ft at 11:45AM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.57 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.52 ft at 12:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.46 ft at 12:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.42 ft at 12:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.37 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.32 ft at 1:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.28 ft at 1:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.23 ft at 1:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.19 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.14 ft at 2:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.09 ft at 2:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.05 ft at 2:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 9.01 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.96 ft at 3:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.92 ft at 3:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.88 ft at 3:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.82 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.78 ft at 4:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.73 ft at 4:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.69 ft at 4:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.65 ft at 5:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.6 ft at 5:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.56 ft at 5:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.51 ft at 5:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.47 ft at 6:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.43 ft at 6:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.39 ft at 6:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.35 ft at 6:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.31 ft at 7:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.27 ft at 7:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.24 ft at 7:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.2 ft at 7:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.17 ft at 8:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.13 ft at 8:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.11 ft at 8:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.07 ft at 8:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8.03 ft at 9:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 8 ft at 9:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.98 ft at 9:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.92 ft at 10:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.89 ft at 10:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.86 ft at 10:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.84 ft at 10:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.82 ft at 11:00PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.77 ft at 11:15PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.77 ft at 11:30PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:45PM May 25, 2022Observed: 7.73 ft at 12:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.71 ft at 12:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.68 ft at 12:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.66 ft at 12:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.64 ft at 1:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.61 ft at 1:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.59 ft at 1:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.58 ft at 1:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.56 ft at 2:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.54 ft at 2:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.52 ft at 2:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.5 ft at 2:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.48 ft at 3:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.46 ft at 3:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.45 ft at 3:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.43 ft at 3:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.41 ft at 4:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.4 ft at 4:15AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.38 ft at 4:30AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.37 ft at 4:45AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.35 ft at 5:00AM May 26, 2022Observed: 7.34 ft at 5:15AM May 26, 2022Forecast: 7.1 ft 8:00AM May 26, 2022Forecast: 7.5 ft 2:00PM May 26, 2022Forecast: 8 ft 8:00PM May 26, 2022Forecast: 8.5 ft 2:00AM May 27, 2022Forecast: 9 ft 8:00AM May 27, 2022Forecast: 9.3 ft 2:00PM May 27, 2022Forecast: 9.5 ft 8:00PM May 27, 2022Forecast: 9.6 ft 2:00AM May 28, 2022Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 8:00AM May 28, 2022Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 2:00PM May 28, 2022Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 8:00PM May 28, 2022Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 2:00AM May 29, 2022Highest Forecast: 9.7 ft 8:00AM May 29, 2022Forecast: 9.5 ft 2:00PM May 29, 2022Forecast: 8.9 ft 8:00PM May 29, 2022Forecast: 8.1 ft 2:00AM May 30, 2022Forecast: 7.5 ft 8:00AM May 30, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSMFN7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:19AM May 26, 2022)ObservedForecast (issued 10:04AM May 25)Latest observed value: 7.34 ft at 5:15 AM EDT 26-May-2022. Flood Stage is 15 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 20
Moderate Flood Stage: 18
Flood Stage: 15
Action Stage: 14
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 29.09 ft on 10/10/2016
(2) 27.40 ft on 09/08/1996
(3) 27.10 ft on 08/01/1908
(4) 26.80 ft on 07/24/1919
(5) 26.72 ft on 09/18/1999
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 15.14 ft on 10/10/2021 (P)
(2) 17.31 ft on 03/01/2021 (P)
(3) 17.71 ft on 02/20/2021 (P)
(4) 17.67 ft on 02/17/2021 (P)
(5) 16.38 ft on 02/01/2021 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 2.38 ft on 09/26/1968
(2) 2.47 ft on 07/29/1977
(3) 2.64 ft on 08/31/1980
(4) 2.97 ft on 10/20/1981
(5) 3.00 ft on 09/19/1985
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40 Water reaches the railing of the US70 bridge.
36 The US70 bridge is inundated.
30 Houses on the river side of Front Street flood.
28.5 The water treatment plant will be flooded. Jaycee Park and North Front Street are flooded.
27.5 Water begins to flow over the dike at the water treatment plant. Flooding threatens the plant's main operations building.
23 Hospital and Buffalo Roads are flooded.
20 Major flooding begins. Flooding cuts off the water treatment plants access to the reservoir.
18 Moderate flooding begins. The Smithfield town park and the Neuse Riverwalk at the US70 bridge are flooded.
15 Minor flooding begins. Flooding begins along the Neuse Riverwalk. Water nears the base of the holding tank at the water treatment plant.
14 Action Stage. The Neuse River begins to overflow on the left bank.
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Latitude: 35.512778° N, Longitude: 78.350000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 15 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 98.3 113.3 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 Not Available Not Available  

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