Walnut Creek at Clay St
Highest listed crest 4.81 ftFlood stage 3.0 ft5 crests since 2021
The Walnut Creek at Clay St crested above flood stage 5 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2021 to 2024. The highest, 4.81 ft on August 11, 2022, was minor flooding, 1.81 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 4.81 ft
- August 11, 2022
- Flood stage
- 3.0 ft
- No major stage set
- Crests at major
- 0
- 5 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 27, 2024
- 3.88 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 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 3.0 | 5 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Moderate flood stage | 5.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 2021 to 2024. 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 11, 2022 | 4.81 | +1.81 | Minor |
| 2 | Oct 9, 2021 | 4.41 | +1.41 | Minor |
| 3 | Sep 27, 2024 | 3.88 | +0.88 | Minor |
| 4 | Aug 7, 2022 | 3.61 | +0.61 | Minor |
| 5 | Sep 1, 2024 | 3.01 | +0.01 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Walnut Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Walnut Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
October 9, 2021: 4.41 ft here, minor flooding
- Trailwood DriveNC · Oct 9, 2021 · 12.04 ft · Minor · its highest
- Rose Ln in RaleighNC · Oct 10, 2021 · 10.08 ft · Minor
September 27, 2024: 3.88 ft here, minor flooding
- I-40NC · Sep 27, 2024 · 4.81 ft · Minor · its highest
Gauges on the Walnut Creek
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Clay St this gauge | NC | 4.81 ft, Aug 11, 2022 | 0 |
| Rose Ln in Raleigh | NC | 10.98 ft, Aug 8, 2024 | 0 |
| Sunnybrook Dr in Raleigh | NC | 17.03 ft, Sep 6, 1996 | 0 |
| Trailwood Drive | NC | 12.04 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 0 |
| I-40 | NC | 4.81 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
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 |
| Falls Dam | 8.05 ft, Sep 16, 1996 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 UPCN7, 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.