Rivers in North Carolina

Little Rockfish Creek at Wallace

Duplin County, North CarolinaNWS RFCN7Newport office

Below flood stage
0.66ftStage

Observed Thu, Oct 1, 1:05 AM EDT

Flood stage
11.00 ft
Record crest
11.12 ft2023

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood16.00 ft
Moderate flood14.00 ft
Minor flood11.00 ft
Action10.00 ft
  1. 16.00 ftSignificant flooding of homes and businesses along the creek south of Boney Mill Pond. Travel across the creek may cut off in the town of Wallace.
  2. 14.00 ftWater surrounds several homes south of Southerland Street. Inundation of residences is possible along Duke and Pete Streets, and several area roads may become impassable due to floodwaters.
  3. 11.00 ftWater overflows the creek's banks and inundates adjacent low lying residential property. Floodwaters may also threaten portions of the Wallace Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Crest history

6 crests on NOAA’s list since 2019.

#DateStage
1August 31, 202311.12 ft
2November 13, 202010.52 ft
3August 8, 20249.76 ft
4February 7, 20208.85 ft
5September 6, 20198.21 ft
6July 10, 20227.43 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 8, 2024: 9.76 ft
  • August 31, 2023: 11.12 ft
  • July 10, 2022: 7.43 ft
  • November 13, 2020: 10.52 ft
  • February 7, 2020: 8.85 ft
  • September 6, 2019: 8.21 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Graphical forecasts are not available during times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the local WFO web page.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.