Little River at NC18 near Blevins Crossroads

Highest listed crest 13.70 ftFlood stage 13.0 ft1 crests since 2024

The Little River at NC18 near Blevins Crossroads crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 13.70 ft on September 27, 2024, was minor flooding, 0.70 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 13.70 ft; September 27, 2024
Flood stage: 13.0 ft; Major flooding from 40.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: September 27, 2024; 13.70 ft, minor flooding
Location: Alleghany County; North Carolina
Identifiers: NWS LBXN7; 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, Little River at NC18 near Blevins Crossroads

Action stage	12.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	13.0	1	Sep 27, 2024	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	28.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	40.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2024 to 2024. 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, Little River at NC18 near Blevins Crossroads

1	Sep 27, 2024	13.70	+0.70	Minor	—

Gauges on the Little River

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

Flood gauges on the Little River

Graysontown	VA	8.0	13.40 ft, Jun 21, 1972	4
NC18 near Blevins Crossroads this gauge	NC	13.0	13.70 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LBXN7, 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.