Contentnea Creek at Grifton

Highest listed crest 20.04 ftFlood stage 16.0 ft1 crests since 2018

The Contentnea Creek at Grifton crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2018. The highest, 20.04 ft on September 18, 2018, was moderate flooding, 4.04 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Contentnea Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 20.04 ft; September 18, 2018
Flood stage: 16.0 ft; Major flooding from 22.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: September 18, 2018; 20.04 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Pitt County; Near Kinston (10.6 mi), Winterville (11.3 mi)
Identifiers: NWS GTNN7; 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, Contentnea Creek at Grifton

Action stage	15.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	16.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	19.0	1	Sep 18, 2018	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	22.0	0	—	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.

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

Highest listed crests, Contentnea Creek at Grifton

1	Sep 18, 2018	20.04	+4.04	Moderate	—

The worst floods along the Contentnea Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Contentnea Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

September 18, 2018: 20.04 ft here, moderate flooding

HookertonNC · Sep 20, 2018 · 18.98 ft · Major
Snow HillNC · Sep 20, 2018 · 23.52 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Contentnea Creek

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Contentnea Creek

Grifton this gauge	NC	16.0	20.04 ft, Sep 18, 2018	0
Hookerton	NC	13.0	28.28 ft, Sep 18, 1999	9
Sheppard Ferry	NC	21.0	33.20 ft, Sep 21, 1999	1
Snow Hill	NC	20.5	33.58 ft, Sep 21, 1999	1
Speights Bridge	NC	19.0	30.10 ft, Sep 21, 1999	1
Black Creek	NC	15.0	19.38 ft, Aug 10, 2024	0
Lucama	NC	17.0	17.53 ft, Oct 10, 2016	0
Stantonsburg	NC	17.5	24.97 ft, Sep 21, 1999	1

Other gauges in Pitt County

Flood gauges in Pitt County

14th St in Greenville	7.5	12.18 ft, Jun 16, 2025	2
Farmville	13.5	14.47 ft, Nov 13, 2020	0
Greenville	12.5	13.63 ft, Jun 16, 2025	0
Greenville	13.0	29.74 ft, Sep 21, 1999	13
Grimesland	7.0	11.74 ft, Oct 15, 2016	0
Rock Springs	18.0	25.93 ft, Oct 14, 2016	1

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GTNN7, 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.