Walnut Creek at Trailwood Drive
Highest listed crest 12.04 ftFlood stage 12.0 ft3 crests since 2018
The Walnut Creek at Trailwood Drive crested above flood stage 1 time among the 3 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2021. The highest, 12.04 ft on October 9, 2021, was minor flooding, 0.04 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Walnut Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 12.04 ft
- October 9, 2021; 821 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 12.0 ft
- Major flooding from 16.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- October 9, 2021
- 12.04 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 | 10.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 12.0 | 1 | Oct 9, 2021 |
| Moderate flood stage | 14.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 16.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
3 crests from 2018 to 2021. 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 9, 2021 | 12.04 | +0.04 | Minor |
| 2 | Oct 10, 2018 | 6.95 | −5.05 | Below flood stage |
| 3 | Sep 16, 2018 | 6.59 | −5.41 | Below flood stage |
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: 12.04 ft here, minor flooding
- Rose Ln in RaleighNC · Oct 10, 2021 · 10.08 ft · Minor
- Clay StNC · Oct 9, 2021 · 4.41 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Walnut Creek
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Clay St | 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 this gauge | 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 |
| 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 |
Wake County: every hazard · River floods across the country · North Carolina
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TRLN7, 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.