Muddy Creek at I-40 nr Clemmons

Highest listed crest 13.96 ftFlood stage 12.0 ft1 crests since 2024

The Muddy Creek at I-40 nr Clemmons crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 13.96 ft on August 9, 2024, was minor flooding, 1.96 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
13.96 ft
August 9, 2024
Flood stage
12.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
August 9, 2024
13.96 ft, minor flooding
Location
Forsyth County
Near Clemmons (1.5 mi), Lewisville (5.1 mi), Winston-Salem (7.0 mi)
Identifiers
NWS MCFN7
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, Muddy Creek at I-40 nr Clemmons
Action stage11.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)12.01Aug 9, 2024Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage17.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream

Every listed crest

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

Listed crests at the Muddy Creek at I-40 nr Clemmons, 2024 to 2024 1212.51313.514ft Flood stage 12.0 ft Aug 9, 2024: 13.96 ft, minor flooding Highest, 13.96 ft, Aug 9, 2024 20252030
  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, Muddy Creek at I-40 nr Clemmons
1Aug 9, 202413.96+1.96Minor—

Other gauges in Forsyth County

Flood gauges in Forsyth County
Enon24.035.80 ft, Aug 15, 19400

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCFN7, 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.