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Stony Creek at Nashville

Highest listed crest 10.66 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft2 crests since 2018

The Stony Creek at Nashville crested above flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2024. The highest, 10.66 ft on August 9, 2024, was minor flooding, 0.66 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Stony Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
10.66 ft
August 9, 2024
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 14.5 ft
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
August 9, 2024
10.66 ft, minor flooding
Location
Nash County
Near Rocky Mount (9.2 mi)
Identifiers
NWS STYN7
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, Stony Creek at Nashville
Action stage8.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.01Aug 9, 2024Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage13.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage14.50—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2018 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Stony Creek at Nashville, 2018 to 2024 6810121416ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 14.5 ft Sep 17, 2018: 7.77 ft, below flood stageAug 9, 2024: 10.66 ft, minor flooding Highest, 10.66 ft, Aug 9, 2024 20202025

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Stony Creek at Nashville 2010s: 0 2020s: 1 1 2010s2020s
  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, Stony Creek at Nashville
1Aug 9, 202410.66+0.66Minor—
2Sep 17, 20187.77−2.23Below flood stage—

The worst floods along the Stony Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Stony Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

August 9, 2024: 10.66 ft here, minor flooding

  • Rocky MountNC · Aug 10, 2024 · 12.59 ft · Minor · its highest

Gauges on the Stony Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Stony Creek
Nashville this gaugeNC10.010.66 ft, Aug 9, 20240
Rocky MountNC10.012.59 ft, Aug 10, 20240

Other gauges in Nash County

Flood gauges in Nash County
Rocky Mount10.012.59 ft, Aug 10, 20240
US301 Bypass at Rocky Mount17.017.86 ft, Aug 12, 20240
Langley Crossroads16.017.39 ft, Aug 12, 20240

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STYN7, 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.