Walnut Creek (NC) at East Park St in Cary
Highest listed crest 4.78 ftFlood stage 4.0 ft1 crests since 2021
The Walnut Creek (NC) at East Park St in Cary crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2021 to 2021. The highest, 4.78 ft on October 9, 2021, was minor flooding, 0.78 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Walnut Creek (NC) crested above flood stage within a week of it, 2 at their own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 4.78 ft
- October 9, 2021
- Flood stage
- 4.0 ft
- No major stage set
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- October 9, 2021
- 4.78 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 | 3.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 4.0 | 1 | Oct 9, 2021 |
| Moderate flood stage | 5.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
1 crests from 2021 to 2021. 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 | Oct 9, 2021 | 4.78 | +0.78 | 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.
October 9, 2021: 4.78 ft here, minor flooding
- Buck Jones RoadNC · Oct 9, 2021 · 10.79 ft · Major · its highest
- Byrum St in CaryNC · Oct 9, 2021 · 5.21 ft · Moderate · its highest
Gauges on the Walnut Creek (NC)
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Buck Jones Road | NC | 10.79 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 1 |
| Byrum St in Cary | NC | 5.21 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 0 |
| Downstream Side of E Park | NC | 4.24 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| East Park St in Cary this gauge | NC | 4.78 ft, Oct 9, 2021 | 0 |
| S. State St. | NC | 9.14 ft, Apr 30, 2020 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 CPEN7, 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.