Neuse River Below Falls Dam
Highest listed crest 8.05 ftFlood stage 6.0 ft1 crests since 1996
The Neuse River Below Falls Dam crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1996 to 1996. The highest, 8.05 ft on September 16, 1996, was major flooding, 2.05 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Neuse River crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 8.05 ft
- September 16, 1996; 7,650 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 6.0 ft
- Major flooding from 8.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 76th of 314 gauges in North Carolina
- Most recent flood crest
- September 16, 1996
- 8.05 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 5.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 6.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 7.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 8.0 | 1 | Sep 16, 1996 |
Every listed crest
1 crests from 1996 to 1996. 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
| 1 | Sep 16, 1996 | 8.05 | +2.05 | Major |
The worst floods along the Neuse River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Neuse River that crested above flood stage within a week.
Gauges on the Neuse River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Fort Barnwell | NC | 22.75 ft, Sep 20, 1999 | 3 |
| Kinston | NC | 28.31 ft, Oct 14, 2016 | 12 |
| Main St in Seven Springs | NC | 17.67 ft, Aug 15, 2024 | 0 |
| Oriental (in MLLW) | NC | 9.20 ft, Sep 14, 2018 | 1 |
| Smithfield | NC | 29.09 ft, Oct 10, 2016 | 20 |
| Spring Garden | NC | 8.63 ft, Sep 19, 2018 | 1 |
| Falls Dam this gauge | NC | 8.05 ft, Sep 16, 1996 | 1 |
| Clayton | NC | 22.12 ft, Sep 19, 1945 | 15 |
| Goldsboro | NC | 29.74 ft, Oct 12, 2016 | 12 |
Other gauges in Wake County
| Anderson Drive | 23.10 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 5 |
| Crabtree Creek Greenway at Morrisville | 11.12 ft, Aug 8, 2024 | 0 |
| Ebenezer Church Rd | 22.40 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 3 |
| Glenwood Ave | 27.69 ft, Jun 29, 1973 | 3 |
| Old Wake Forest Road | 21.90 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 3 |
| New Hope | 13.33 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 0 |
| Cameron Village | 7.27 ft, May 7, 2022 | 0 |
| Fenton St | 14.65 ft, Sep 1, 2024 | 0 |
| SE Cary Pkwy | 1.83 ft, Jul 8, 2026 | 0 |
| Queensferry Rd | 2.91 ft, Jul 23, 2026 | 0 |
| Regency Pkwy | 4.76 ft, Jul 23, 2026 | 0 |
| McCuller's Crossroads | 14.15 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 1 |
| Apex | 13.86 ft, Jun 14, 2016 | 0 |
| Symphony Lake near Cary | 2.72 ft, Aug 8, 2024 | 0 |
| Buck Jones Road | 10.79 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 1 |
| Byrum St in Cary | 5.21 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 0 |
| Downstream Side of E Park | 4.24 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| East Park St in Cary | 4.78 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 0 |
| S. State St. | 9.14 ft, Apr 30, 2020 | 0 |
| I-40 | 4.81 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Clay St | 4.81 ft, Aug 11, 2022 | 0 |
| Rose Ln in Raleigh | 10.98 ft, Aug 8, 2024 | 0 |
| Sunnybrook Dr in Raleigh | 17.03 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 0 |
| Trailwood Drive | 12.04 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 0 |
Wake County: every hazard · River floods across the country · North Carolina
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NEUN7, 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.