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Big Swamp near Tarheel

Highest listed crest 18.72 ftFlood stage 16.0 ft103 crests since 1985

The Big Swamp near Tarheel crested above flood stage 2 times among the 103 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1985 to 2024. The highest, 18.72 ft on October 10, 2016, was minor flooding, 2.72 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
18.72 ft
October 10, 2016; 16,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
16.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
2 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
September 17, 2018
17.25 ft, minor flooding
Location
Robeson County
Near Lumberton (11.7 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Big Swamp near Tarheel
Action stage15.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)16.02Sep 17, 2018Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

103 crests from 1985 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Big Swamp near Tarheel, 1985 to 2024 5101520ft Flood stage 16.0 ft Dec 7, 1985: 10.68 ft, below flood stage; 493 cubic feet per secondAug 24, 1986: 10.88 ft, below flood stage; 560 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 1987: 11.77 ft, below flood stage; 1,200 cubic feet per secondJan 24, 1987: 12.68 ft, below flood stage; 2,130 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 1987: 13.14 ft, below flood stage; 2,650 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 1988: 11.17 ft, below flood stage; 610 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 1989: 12.74 ft, below flood stage; 2,100 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 1989: 11.43 ft, below flood stage; 884 cubic feet per secondJan 11, 1990: 10.94 ft, below flood stage; 584 cubic feet per secondApr 24, 1991: 11.33 ft, below flood stage; 792 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1992: 11.75 ft, below flood stage; 1,160 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 1993: 13.34 ft, below flood stage; 2,810 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1993: 11.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,100 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1994: 11.74 ft, below flood stage; 1,160 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 1994: 12.10 ft, below flood stage; 1,450 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 1994: 11.58 ft, below flood stage; 988 cubic feet per secondJan 17, 1995: 12.46 ft, below flood stage; 1,820 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 1995: 12.85 ft, below flood stage; 2,300 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 1995: 11.97 ft, below flood stage; 1,390 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1995: 12.02 ft, below flood stage; 1,420 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 1995: 11.57 ft, below flood stage; 960 cubic feet per secondSep 10, 1996: 12.84 ft, below flood stage; 2,010 cubic feet per secondOct 11, 1996: 12.81 ft, below flood stage; 2,650 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 1997: 11.78 ft, below flood stage; 866 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 1998: 11.77 ft, below flood stage; 939 cubic feet per secondJan 30, 1998: 12.38 ft, below flood stage; 1,370 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 1998: 13.09 ft, below flood stage; 2,140 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 1998: 12.30 ft, below flood stage; 1,340 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1998: 13.10 ft, below flood stage; 2,150 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1998: 12.54 ft, below flood stage; 1,550 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1999: 11.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,100 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 1999: 14.34 ft, below flood stage; 3,300 cubic feet per secondSep 23, 1999: 13.48 ft, below flood stage; 2,270 cubic feet per secondOct 19, 1999: 13.89 ft, below flood stage; 3,300 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 2000: 11.57 ft, below flood stage; 800 cubic feet per secondJun 22, 2001: 10.76 ft, below flood stage; 456 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 2002: 11.23 ft, below flood stage; 608 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 2003: 11.90 ft, below flood stage; 988 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 2003: 12.14 ft, below flood stage; 1,180 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 2003: 11.74 ft, below flood stage; 903 cubic feet per secondJul 19, 2003: 11.58 ft, below flood stage; 822 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 2003: 12.31 ft, below flood stage; 1,350 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 2004: 11.66 ft, below flood stage; 1,060 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 2004: 10.26 ft, below flood stage; 290 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 2004: 11.51 ft, below flood stage; 887 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 2004: 12.26 ft, below flood stage; 1,580 cubic feet per secondApr 17, 2005: 10.99 ft, below flood stage; 519 cubic feet per secondOct 11, 2005: 9.95 ft, below flood stage; 251 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2006: 11.02 ft, below flood stage; 590 cubic feet per secondSep 6, 2006: 10.77 ft, below flood stage; 434 cubic feet per secondNov 25, 2006: 12.72 ft, below flood stage; 1,960 cubic feet per secondDec 27, 2006: 11.80 ft, below flood stage; 1,180 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 2007: 11.22 ft, below flood stage; 751 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 2008: 12.43 ft, below flood stage; 1,500 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 2008: 12.00 ft, below flood stage; 1,310 cubic feet per secondNov 18, 2008: 11.44 ft, below flood stage; 896 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 2009: 11.43 ft, below flood stage; 900 cubic feet per secondFeb 8, 2010: 11.75 ft, below flood stage; 1,130 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 2010: 12.19 ft, below flood stage; 1,360 cubic feet per secondFeb 9, 2011: 10.61 ft, below flood stage; 399 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 2012: 10.08 ft, below flood stage; 262 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2013: 11.49 ft, below flood stage; 759 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 2013: 12.64 ft, below flood stage; 1,600 cubic feet per secondJul 6, 2013: 12.68 ft, below flood stage; 1,680 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 2014: 11.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,110 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 2014: 11.52 ft, below flood stage; 742 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 2015: 11.86 ft, below flood stage; 994 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 2015: 12.03 ft, below flood stage; 1,150 cubic feet per secondOct 6, 2015: 11.98 ft, below flood stage; 1,120 cubic feet per secondNov 7, 2015: 11.76 ft, below flood stage; 976 cubic feet per secondNov 25, 2015: 11.65 ft, below flood stage; 880 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 2015: 13.36 ft, below flood stage; 2,230 cubic feet per secondJan 1, 2016: 12.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,710 cubic feet per secondFeb 9, 2016: 12.33 ft, below flood stage; 1,400 cubic feet per secondFeb 18, 2016: 11.72 ft, below flood stage; 1,060 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 2016: 12.13 ft, below flood stage; 1,320 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 2016: 11.61 ft, below flood stage; 957 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 2016: 11.81 ft, below flood stage; 973 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 2016: 12.94 ft, below flood stage; 2,070 cubic feet per secondOct 10, 2016: 18.72 ft, minor flooding; 16,300 cubic feet per secondJan 11, 2017: 11.56 ft, below flood stage; 753 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2017: 11.87 ft, below flood stage; 1,150 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 2018: 17.25 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per secondNov 16, 2018: 12.34 ft, below flood stage; 1,560 cubic feet per secondDec 16, 2018: 12.61 ft, below flood stage; 1,870 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 2019: 11.65 ft, below flood stage; 946 cubic feet per secondSep 9, 2019: 10.85 ft, below flood stage; 386 cubic feet per secondFeb 8, 2020: 12.35 ft, below flood stage; 1,550 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2020: 12.22 ft, below flood stage; 1,420 cubic feet per secondMay 31, 2020: 11.96 ft, below flood stage; 1,160 cubic feet per secondJun 18, 2020: 12.25 ft, below flood stage; 1,460 cubic feet per secondNov 13, 2020: 14.63 ft, below flood stage; 4,850 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 2020: 11.68 ft, below flood stage; 978 cubic feet per secondJan 6, 2021: 12.12 ft, below flood stage; 1,350 cubic feet per secondFeb 3, 2021: 11.51 ft, below flood stage; 850 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 2021: 13.24 ft, below flood stage; 2,540 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 2022: 8.36 ft, below flood stage; 243 cubic feet per secondOct 6, 2022: 6.42 ft, below flood stage; 95 cubic feet per secondSep 4, 2023: 10.29 ft, below flood stage; 419 cubic feet per secondDec 20, 2023: 11.54 ft, below flood stage; 1,030 cubic feet per secondAug 10, 2024: 13.70 ft, below flood stage; 4,260 cubic feet per secondSep 20, 2024: 11.12 ft, below flood stage; 746 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 2024: 10.72 ft, below flood stage; 565 cubic feet per second Highest, 18.72 ft, Oct 10, 2016 1990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Big Swamp near Tarheel 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 2 2 2020s: 0 1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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

The 50 highest of 103 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Big Swamp near Tarheel
1Oct 10, 201618.72+2.72Minor16,300
2Sep 17, 201817.25+1.25Minor12,800
3Nov 13, 202014.63−1.37Below flood stage4,850
4Sep 17, 199914.34−1.66Below flood stage3,300
5Oct 19, 199913.89−2.11Below flood stage3,300
6Aug 10, 202413.70−2.30Below flood stage4,260
7Sep 23, 199913.48−2.52Below flood stage2,270
8Dec 26, 201513.36−2.64Below flood stage2,230
9Jan 10, 199313.34−2.66Below flood stage2,810
10Feb 20, 202113.24−2.76Below flood stage2,540
11Mar 3, 198713.14−2.86Below flood stage2,650
12Mar 11, 199813.10−2.90Below flood stage2,150
13Feb 6, 199813.09−2.91Below flood stage2,140
14Oct 3, 201612.94−3.06Below flood stage2,070
15Feb 19, 199512.85−3.15Below flood stage2,300
16Sep 10, 199612.84−3.16Below flood stage2,010
17Oct 11, 199612.81−3.19Below flood stage2,650
18Mar 25, 198912.74−3.26Below flood stage2,100
19Nov 25, 200612.72−3.28Below flood stage1,960
20Jan 1, 201612.70−3.30Below flood stage1,710
21Jan 24, 198712.68−3.32Below flood stage2,130
22Jul 6, 201312.68−3.32Below flood stage1,680
23Jul 1, 201312.64−3.36Below flood stage1,600
24Dec 16, 201812.61−3.39Below flood stage1,870
25Mar 22, 199812.54−3.46Below flood stage1,550
26Jan 17, 199512.46−3.54Below flood stage1,820
27Apr 8, 200812.43−3.57Below flood stage1,500
28Jan 30, 199812.38−3.62Below flood stage1,370
29Feb 8, 202012.35−3.65Below flood stage1,550
30Nov 16, 201812.34−3.66Below flood stage1,560
31Feb 9, 201612.33−3.67Below flood stage1,400
32Aug 6, 200312.31−3.69Below flood stage1,350
33Feb 20, 199812.30−3.70Below flood stage1,340
34Sep 13, 200412.26−3.74Below flood stage1,580
35Jun 18, 202012.25−3.75Below flood stage1,460
36May 24, 202012.22−3.78Below flood stage1,420
37Oct 2, 201012.19−3.81Below flood stage1,360
38Apr 12, 200312.14−3.86Below flood stage1,180
39Feb 27, 201612.13−3.87Below flood stage1,320
40Jan 6, 202112.12−3.88Below flood stage1,350
41Jun 13, 199412.10−3.90Below flood stage1,450
42Feb 28, 201512.03−3.97Below flood stage1,150
43Mar 11, 199512.02−3.98Below flood stage1,420
44Sep 11, 200812.00−4.00Below flood stage1,310
45Oct 6, 201511.98−4.02Below flood stage1,120
46Mar 4, 199511.97−4.03Below flood stage1,390
47Jan 15, 201411.96−4.04Below flood stage1,110
48May 31, 202011.96−4.04Below flood stage1,160
49Mar 22, 200311.90−4.10Below flood stage988
50Apr 27, 201711.87−4.13Below flood stage1,150

Other gauges in Robeson County

Flood gauges in Robeson County
Lumberton13.029.00 ft, Sep 17, 20187
Lumberton West 5th Street13.022.21 ft, Sep 17, 20187
Pembroke10.015.10 ft, Sep 20, 20180

Robeson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · North Carolina

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BGSN7, 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.