Walnut Creek (NC) at Downstream Side of E Park

Highest listed crest 4.24 ftFlood stage 4.0 ft1 crests since 2024

The Walnut Creek (NC) at Downstream Side of E Park crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 4.24 ft on September 27, 2024, was minor flooding, 0.24 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Walnut Creek (NC) crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 4.24 ft; September 27, 2024
Flood stage: 4.0 ft; Major flooding from 6.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: September 27, 2024; 4.24 ft, minor flooding
Location: Wake County; Near Cary (2.8 mi), Morrisville (5.1 mi), Apex (7.2 mi)
Identifiers: NWS CDPN7; 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, Walnut Creek (NC) at Downstream Side of E Park

Action stage	2.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	4.0	1	Sep 27, 2024	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	5.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	6.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2024 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

Highest listed crests, Walnut Creek (NC) at Downstream Side of E Park

1	Sep 27, 2024	4.24	+0.24	Minor	—

The worst floods along the Walnut Creek (NC)

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

September 27, 2024: 4.24 ft here, minor flooding

Buck Jones RoadNC · Sep 27, 2024 · 7.09 ft · Minor
Byrum St in CaryNC · Sep 27, 2024 · 4.10 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Walnut Creek (NC)

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

Flood gauges on the Walnut Creek (NC)

Buck Jones Road	NC	7.0	10.79 ft, Oct 9, 2021	1
Byrum St in Cary	NC	4.0	5.21 ft, Oct 9, 2021	0
Downstream Side of E Park this gauge	NC	4.0	4.24 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0
East Park St in Cary	NC	4.0	4.78 ft, Oct 9, 2021	0
S. State St.	NC	9.0	9.14 ft, Apr 30, 2020	0

Other gauges in Wake County

Flood gauges in Wake County

Anderson Drive	16.0	23.10 ft, Sep 6, 1996	5
Crabtree Creek Greenway at Morrisville	9.0	11.12 ft, Aug 8, 2024	0
Ebenezer Church Rd	19.0	22.40 ft, Sep 6, 1996	3
Glenwood Ave	18.0	27.69 ft, Jun 29, 1973	3
Old Wake Forest Road	12.0	21.90 ft, Sep 6, 1996	3
New Hope	9.0	13.33 ft, Sep 6, 1996	0
Falls Dam	6.0	8.05 ft, Sep 16, 1996	1
Cameron Village	6.0	7.27 ft, May 7, 2022	0
Fenton St	12.0	14.65 ft, Sep 1, 2024	0
SE Cary Pkwy	1.6	1.83 ft, Jul 8, 2026	0
Queensferry Rd	2.4	2.91 ft, Jul 23, 2026	0
Regency Pkwy	3.6	4.76 ft, Jul 23, 2026	0
McCuller's Crossroads	12.0	14.15 ft, Sep 6, 1996	1
Apex	11.0	13.86 ft, Jun 14, 2016	0
Symphony Lake near Cary	2.1	2.72 ft, Aug 8, 2024	0
Buck Jones Road	7.0	10.79 ft, Oct 9, 2021	1
Byrum St in Cary	4.0	5.21 ft, Oct 9, 2021	0
East Park St in Cary	4.0	4.78 ft, Oct 9, 2021	0
S. State St.	9.0	9.14 ft, Apr 30, 2020	0
I-40	4.6	4.81 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0
Clay St	3.0	4.81 ft, Aug 11, 2022	0
Rose Ln in Raleigh	10.0	10.98 ft, Aug 8, 2024	0
Sunnybrook Dr in Raleigh	12.0	17.03 ft, Sep 6, 1996	0
Trailwood Drive	12.0	12.04 ft, Oct 9, 2021	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CDPN7, 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.