Big Shoe Heel Creek near Laurinburg

Highest listed crest 9.49 ftFlood stage 8.0 ft1 crests since 2018

The Big Shoe Heel Creek near Laurinburg crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2018. The highest, 9.49 ft on September 17, 2018, was moderate flooding, 1.49 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
9.49 ft
September 17, 2018
Flood stage
8.0 ft
Major flooding from 14.0 ft
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
September 17, 2018
9.49 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Scotland County
Near Laurinburg (5.2 mi)

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Big Shoe Heel Creek near Laurinburg
Action stage7.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)8.00—Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage9.01Sep 17, 2018Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage14.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2018 to 2018. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Big Shoe Heel Creek near Laurinburg, 2018 to 2018 8101214ft Flood stage 8.0 ftMajor 14.0 ft Sep 17, 2018: 9.49 ft, moderate flooding Highest, 9.49 ft, Sep 17, 2018 20202025
  1. 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.
  2. 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

Highest listed crests, Big Shoe Heel Creek near Laurinburg
1Sep 17, 20189.49+1.49Moderate—

Other gauges in Scotland County

Flood gauges in Scotland County
East Church St7.09.72 ft, Aug 8, 20240

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BSHN7, 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.