Rivers in Tennessee

Wolftever Creek near Ooltewah

Hamilton County, TennesseeNWS WFCT1Morristown office

Below flood stage
2.21ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 5:45 AM EDT

Flood stage
7.00 ft
Record crest
7.76 ft2021

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood16.00 ft
Moderate flood12.00 ft
Minor flood7.00 ft
Action6.00 ft
  1. 17.00 ftWater is probably topping the bridge surface. Ground level apartments have several feet of water.
  2. 12.00 ftWater is reaching the bottom of the Ooltewah Ringgold Road bridge structure. Water begins to threaten some ground floor apartment dwellings nearby.
  3. 10.50 ftWater begins to enter the parking lot of the creekside apartments off of Ooltewah Ringgold Road near the Greenway. Low spots along Spalding Road begin to take water about a mile upstream.
  4. 7.50 ftLow spot of the driveway to Wolftever Creek Elementary School may be covered by at least six inches of water.
  5. 6.50 ftGrassy areas near the elementary school ballfields flood.
  6. 5.00 ftFlooding begins in the Wolftever Creek Greenway at the gage site.

Crest history

8 crests on NOAA’s list since 2020.

#DateStage
1March 17, 20217.76 ft
2April 13, 20207.76 ft
3February 23, 20227.32 ft
4May 19, 20206.92 ft
5May 5, 20206.90 ft
6March 31, 20216.81 ft
7February 6, 20206.80 ft
8January 9, 20246.58 ft

Most recent crests

  • January 9, 2024: 6.58 ft
  • February 23, 2022: 7.32 ft
  • March 31, 2021: 6.81 ft
  • March 17, 2021: 7.76 ft
  • May 19, 2020: 6.92 ft
  • May 5, 2020: 6.90 ft
  • April 13, 2020: 7.76 ft
  • February 6, 2020: 6.80 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

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