Booker Creek near Chapel Hill

Highest listed crest 17.61 ftFlood stage 14.0 ft1 crests since 2018

The Booker Creek near Chapel Hill crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2018. The highest, 17.61 ft on September 17, 2018, was minor flooding, 3.61 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
17.61 ft
September 17, 2018
Flood stage
14.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
September 17, 2018
17.61 ft, minor flooding
Location
Orange County
Near Chapel Hill (1.1 mi), Carrboro (3.5 mi), Durham (7.7 mi)
Identifiers
NWS CHBN7
No USGS station

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Booker Creek near Chapel Hill
Action stage11.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)14.01Sep 17, 2018Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

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 Booker Creek near Chapel Hill, 2018 to 2018 1415161718ft Flood stage 14.0 ft Sep 17, 2018: 17.61 ft, minor flooding Highest, 17.61 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, Booker Creek near Chapel Hill
1Sep 17, 201817.61+3.61Minor—

Other gauges in Orange County

Flood gauges in Orange County
Village Drive15.023.10 ft, Sep 6, 19963
Carrboro6.09.74 ft, Jul 6, 20250
Hillsborough16.021.13 ft, Sep 6, 19961
Chapel Hill11.012.75 ft, Aug 8, 20240
White Cross8.09.87 ft, Sep 17, 20180

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CHBN7, 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.