Pamlico Sound at Frisco (in MLLW)
Highest listed crest 3.07 ftFlood stage 3.0 ft4 crests since 2022
The Pamlico Sound at Frisco (in MLLW) crested above flood stage 1 time among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2022 to 2025. The highest, 3.07 ft on August 21, 2025, was minor flooding, 0.07 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Pamlico Sound crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 3.07 ft
- August 21, 2025
- Flood stage
- 3.0 ft
- Major flooding from 5.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- August 21, 2025
- 3.07 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 | 2.0 | 3 | Sep 23, 2023 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 3.0 | 1 | Aug 21, 2025 |
| Moderate flood stage | 4.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 5.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
4 crests from 2022 to 2025. 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 | Aug 21, 2025 | 3.07 | +0.07 | Minor |
| 2 | Sep 1, 2023 | 2.94 | −0.06 | Action |
| 3 | Dec 23, 2022 | 2.82 | −0.18 | Action |
| 4 | Sep 23, 2023 | 2.44 | −0.56 | Action |
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 21, 2025: 3.07 ft here, minor flooding
- Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW)NC · Aug 21, 2025 · 3.04 ft · Minor
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) | NC | 4.17 ft, Oct 5, 2015 | 0 |
| Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW) | NC | 6.37 ft, Oct 9, 2016 | 5 |
| Frisco (in MLLW) this gauge | 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 Dare County
| Colington Harbor (in MLLW) | 3.48 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Kitty Hawk (in MLLW) | 2.91 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Atlantic Coast at Duck (in MLLW) | 7.82 ft, Sep 18, 2003 | 15 |
| Fessenden Center in Buxton (in MLLW) | 4.64 ft, Jan 3, 2022 | 0 |
| Duck Town Boardwalk (in MLLW) | 3.04 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Avon (in MLLW) | 3.30 ft, Jan 3, 2022 | 0 |
| Avon Harbor (in MLLW) | 3.05 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW) | 6.37 ft, Oct 9, 2016 | 5 |
| Oregon Inlet Marina (in MLLW) | 7.70 ft, Aug 28, 2011 | 2 |
| Rodanthe Ferry Terminal (in MLLW) | 4.45 ft, Mar 12, 2022 | 0 |
| Stumpy Point (in MLLW) | 3.03 ft, Sep 23, 2023 | 0 |
| Nags Head (in MLLW) | 4.36 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Pond Island | 4.14 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Shallowbag Bay at Manteo (in MLLW) | 3.67 ft, Dec 23, 2022 | 0 |
| Hatteras Village (in MLLW) | 3.59 ft, Aug 21, 2025 | 0 |
Dare County: every hazard · River floods across the country · North Carolina
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FRIN7, 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.