E. Branch of Penobscot Below Grand Lake Matagamon
Highest listed crest 9.60 ftFlood stage 8.5 ft1 crests since 2023
The E. Branch of Penobscot Below Grand Lake Matagamon crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2023 to 2023. The highest, 9.60 ft on December 19, 2023, was minor flooding, 1.10 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 9.60 ft
- December 19, 2023; 6,819 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 8.5 ft
- No major stage set
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- December 19, 2023
- 9.60 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 7.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 8.5 | 1 | Dec 19, 2023 |
Every listed crest
1 crests from 2023 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Dec 19, 2023 | 9.60 | +1.10 | Minor |
Other gauges in Penobscot County
| Bangor | 12.85 ft, Jan 15, 2018 | 0 |
| Mattawamkeag | 16.31 ft, Apr 18, 2014 | 0 |
| Grindstone | 16.90 ft, Apr 30, 1923 | 0 |
| Bangor | 17.90 ft, Feb 2, 1976 | 1 |
| Eddington | 23.53 ft, Apr 3, 1987 | 1 |
| West Enfield | 25.15 ft, May 1, 1923 | 1 |
| Shin Pond | 13.48 ft, Apr 30, 2008 | 0 |
Penobscot County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Maine
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GLMM1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.