Shinnecock Bay at Ponquogue (IN MLLW)

Highest listed crest 7.73 ftFlood stage 4.9 ft2 crests since 2012

The Shinnecock Bay at Ponquogue (IN MLLW) crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2012 to 2012. The highest, 7.73 ft on October 29, 2012, was major flooding, 2.83 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 7.73 ft; October 29, 2012
Flood stage: 4.9 ft; Major flooding from 6.9 ft
Crests at major: 1; 98th of 160 gauges in New York
Most recent flood crest: October 29, 2012; 7.73 ft, major flooding
Location: Suffolk County; New York
Identifiers: NWS SHIN6; USGS 01304746

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Shinnecock Bay at Ponquogue (IN MLLW)

Flood stage (minor)	4.9	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	5.9	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	6.9	1	Oct 29, 2012	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2012 to 2012. 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, Shinnecock Bay at Ponquogue (IN MLLW)

1	Oct 29, 2012	7.73	+2.83	Major	—
2	Nov 8, 2012	4.14	−0.76	Below flood stage	—

Other gauges in Suffolk County

Flood gauges in Suffolk County

Old Field (IN MLLW)	9.2	10.12 ft, Oct 29, 2012	0
Great South Bay at Lindenhurst (IN MLLW)	3.1	7.73 ft, Oct 29, 2012	2
Great South Bay at Watch Hill (IN MLLW)	3.2	7.73 ft, Oct 29, 2012	1
Great South Bay at West Sayville (IN MLLW)	3.1	16.75 ft, Sep 21, 1938	10
Moriches Bay at Moriches Bay (IN MLLW)	4.3	7.73 ft, Oct 29, 2012	1
Orient (IN MLLW)	4.8	10.12 ft, Oct 29, 2012	2
Riverhead (IN MLLW)	5.7	10.12 ft, Oct 29, 2012	2
Shelter Island (IN MLLW)	5.1	7.73 ft, Oct 29, 2012	1

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHIN6, 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.