Pamlico Sound at Cedar Island (in MLLW)
Highest listed crest 4.17 ftFlood stage 2.0 ft7 crests since 2015
The Pamlico Sound at Cedar Island (in MLLW) crested above flood stage 7 times among the 7 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2023. The highest, 4.17 ft on October 5, 2015, was moderate flooding, 2.17 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 4.17 ft
- October 5, 2015
- Flood stage
- 2.0 ft
- Major flooding from 6.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 7 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 23, 2023
- 2.93 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 1.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 2.0 | 6 | Sep 23, 2023 |
| Moderate flood stage | 4.0 | 1 | Oct 5, 2015 |
| Major flood stage | 6.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
7 crests from 2015 to 2023. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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 | Oct 5, 2015 | 4.17 | +2.17 | Moderate |
| 2 | Aug 31, 2023 | 3.77 | +1.77 | Minor |
| 3 | Nov 7, 2021 | 2.98 | +0.98 | Minor |
| 4 | Sep 23, 2023 | 2.93 | +0.93 | Minor |
| 5 | Sep 30, 2022 | 2.83 | +0.83 | Minor |
| 6 | Apr 9, 2023 | 2.41 | +0.41 | Minor |
| 7 | Jan 3, 2022 | 2.23 | +0.23 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Pamlico Sound
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Pamlico Sound that crested above flood stage within a week.
August 31, 2023: 3.77 ft here, minor flooding
- Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW)NC · Sep 1, 2023 · 3.21 ft · Minor
- Hobucken (in MLLW)NC · Aug 31, 2023 · 2.84 ft · Minor
November 7, 2021: 2.98 ft here, minor flooding
- Ocracoke (in MLLW)NC · Nov 7, 2021 · 3.89 ft · Minor
- Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW)NC · Nov 7, 2021 · 3.14 ft · Minor
- Hobucken (in MLLW)NC · Nov 7, 2021 · 2.31 ft · Minor
September 23, 2023: 2.93 ft here, minor flooding
- Rodanthe Ferry Terminal (in MLLW)NC · Sep 23, 2023 · 3.66 ft · Minor
- Bell Island Pier (in MLLW)NC · Sep 23, 2023 · 3.56 ft · Minor
- Hobucken (in MLLW)NC · Sep 23, 2023 · 3.33 ft · Minor
- Stumpy Point (in MLLW)NC · Sep 23, 2023 · 3.03 ft · Minor · its highest
Gauges on the Pamlico Sound
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Avon (in MLLW) | NC | 3.30 ft, Jan 3, 2022 | 0 |
| Avon Harbor (in MLLW) | NC | 3.05 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Bell Island Pier (in MLLW) | NC | 4.51 ft, Sep 14, 2018 | 0 |
| Cedar Island (in MLLW) this gauge | NC | 4.17 ft, Oct 5, 2015 | 0 |
| Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW) | NC | 6.37 ft, Oct 9, 2016 | 5 |
| Frisco (in MLLW) | NC | 3.07 ft, Aug 21, 2025 | 0 |
| Ocracoke (in MLLW) | NC | 7.62 ft, Sep 6, 2019 | 1 |
| Oregon Inlet Marina (in MLLW) | NC | 7.70 ft, Aug 28, 2011 | 2 |
| Rodanthe Ferry Terminal (in MLLW) | NC | 4.45 ft, Mar 12, 2022 | 0 |
| Stumpy Point (in MLLW) | NC | 3.03 ft, Sep 23, 2023 | 0 |
| Hobucken (in MLLW) | NC | 5.94 ft, Sep 14, 2018 | 1 |
Other gauges in Carteret County
| Atlantic Coast at Beaufort Marine Lab (in MLLW) | 7.29 ft, Sep 14, 2018 | 4 |
| Emerald Isle (in MLLW) | 7.54 ft, Sep 14, 2018 | 1 |
| Newport (in MLLW) | 14.30 ft, Sep 15, 2018 | 1 |
| Otway (in MLLW) | 7.96 ft, Sep 14, 2018 | 1 |
Carteret County: every hazard · River floods across the country · North Carolina
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CTIN7, 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.