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Neuse River near Clayton Forecast crest: 6.7 ft at 7:00pm Feb 13 Observed crest: 11.24 ft at 10:30pm Feb 06 Observed: 11.24 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.24 ft at 10:31pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.2 ft at 10:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.2 ft at 10:46pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.14 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.14 ft at 11:01pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.09 ft at 11:15pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.09 ft at 11:16pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.03 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.03 ft at 11:31pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.97 ft at 11:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.97 ft at 11:46pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.91 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.91 ft at 12:01am Feb 7 Observed: 10.84 ft at 12:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.84 ft at 12:16am Feb 7 Observed: 10.77 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.77 ft at 12:31am Feb 7 Observed: 10.69 ft at 12:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.69 ft at 12:46am Feb 7 Observed: 10.62 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.62 ft at 1:01am Feb 7 Observed: 10.53 ft at 1:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.53 ft at 1:16am Feb 7 Observed: 10.45 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.45 ft at 1:31am Feb 7 Observed: 10.36 ft at 1:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.36 ft at 1:46am Feb 7 Observed: 10.27 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.27 ft at 2:01am Feb 7 Observed: 10.18 ft at 2:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.18 ft at 2:16am Feb 7 Observed: 10.07 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.07 ft at 2:31am Feb 7 Observed: 9.98 ft at 2:45am Feb 7 Observed: 9.98 ft at 2:46am Feb 7 Observed: 9.88 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 9.88 ft at 3:01am Feb 7 Observed: 9.78 ft at 3:15am Feb 7 Observed: 9.78 ft at 3:16am Feb 7 Observed: 9.67 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 9.67 ft at 3:31am Feb 7 Observed: 9.58 ft at 3:45am Feb 7 Observed: 9.58 ft at 3:46am Feb 7 Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 9.46 ft at 4:01am Feb 7 Observed: 9.36 ft at 4:15am Feb 7 Observed: 9.36 ft at 4:16am Feb 7 Observed: 9.24 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 9.24 ft at 4:31am Feb 7 Observed: 9.13 ft at 4:45am Feb 7 Observed: 9.13 ft at 4:46am Feb 7 Observed: 9.02 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 9.02 ft at 5:01am Feb 7 Observed: 8.91 ft at 5:15am Feb 7 Observed: 8.91 ft at 5:16am Feb 7 Observed: 8.8 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 8.8 ft at 5:31am Feb 7 Observed: 8.7 ft at 5:45am Feb 7 Observed: 8.7 ft at 5:46am Feb 7 Observed: 8.59 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 8.59 ft at 6:01am Feb 7 Observed: 8.48 ft at 6:15am Feb 7 Observed: 8.68 ft at 6:16am Feb 7 Observed: 8.39 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 8.39 ft at 6:31am Feb 7 Observed: 8.32 ft at 6:45am Feb 7 Observed: 8.32 ft at 6:46am Feb 7 Observed: 8.22 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 8.22 ft at 7:01am Feb 7 Observed: 8.11 ft at 7:15am Feb 7 Observed: 8.11 ft at 7:16am Feb 7 Observed: 8.02 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 8.02 ft at 7:31am Feb 7 Observed: 7.91 ft at 7:45am Feb 7 Observed: 7.91 ft at 7:46am Feb 7 Observed: 7.82 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 7.72 ft at 8:15am Feb 7 Observed: 7.62 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 7.52 ft at 8:45am Feb 7 Observed: 7.45 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 7.35 ft at 9:15am Feb 7 Observed: 7.26 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 7.17 ft at 9:45am Feb 7 Observed: 7.09 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 7 ft at 10:15am Feb 7 Observed: 6.92 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 6.84 ft at 10:45am Feb 7 Observed: 6.77 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 6.69 ft at 11:15am Feb 7 Observed: 6.62 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 6.55 ft at 11:45am Feb 7 Observed: 6.48 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.42 ft at 12:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.36 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.31 ft at 12:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.25 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.2 ft at 1:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.16 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.11 ft at 1:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.06 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 6.02 ft at 2:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.98 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.94 ft at 2:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.9 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.86 ft at 3:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.82 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.79 ft at 3:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.76 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.73 ft at 4:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.69 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.66 ft at 4:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.64 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.61 ft at 5:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.58 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.55 ft at 5:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.52 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.5 ft at 6:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.47 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.45 ft at 6:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.42 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.4 ft at 7:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.38 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.36 ft at 7:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.33 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.31 ft at 8:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.29 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.27 ft at 8:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.25 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.23 ft at 9:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.22 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.2 ft at 9:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.18 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.16 ft at 10:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.15 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.13 ft at 10:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.11 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.09 ft at 11:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.06 ft at 11:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 5.05 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 5.03 ft at 12:15am Feb 8 Observed: 5.02 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 5 ft at 12:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.99 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.97 ft at 1:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.96 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.95 ft at 1:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.93 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.91 ft at 2:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.9 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.89 ft at 2:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.88 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.88 ft at 3:01am Feb 8 Observed: 4.86 ft at 3:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.86 ft at 3:16am Feb 8 Observed: 4.85 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.85 ft at 3:31am Feb 8 Observed: 4.83 ft at 3:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.83 ft at 3:46am Feb 8 Observed: 4.82 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.81 ft at 4:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.8 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.79 ft at 4:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.77 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.76 ft at 5:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.74 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.73 ft at 5:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.71 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.7 ft at 6:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.69 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.68 ft at 6:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.66 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.65 ft at 7:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.64 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.63 ft at 7:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.62 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.6 ft at 8:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.59 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.58 ft at 8:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.56 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.55 ft at 9:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.54 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.52 ft at 9:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.51 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.5 ft at 10:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.49 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.47 ft at 10:45am Feb 8 Observed: 4.46 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 4.46 ft at 11:01am Feb 8 Observed: 4.45 ft at 11:15am Feb 8 Observed: 4.45 ft at 11:16am Feb 8 Observed: 4.44 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 4.44 ft at 11:31am Feb 8 Observed: 4.37 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.36 ft at 12:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.35 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.34 ft at 12:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.33 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.32 ft at 1:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.31 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.3 ft at 1:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.29 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.28 ft at 2:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.27 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.26 ft at 2:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.25 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.25 ft at 3:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.24 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.23 ft at 3:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.23 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.22 ft at 4:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.21 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.21 ft at 4:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.2 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.2 ft at 5:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.19 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.19 ft at 5:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.18 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.18 ft at 6:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.17 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.17 ft at 6:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.16 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.16 ft at 7:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.16 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.15 ft at 7:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.15 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.14 ft at 8:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.13 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.12 ft at 8:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.12 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.12 ft at 9:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.11 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.11 ft at 9:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.1 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.09 ft at 10:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.09 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.08 ft at 10:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.08 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.07 ft at 11:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.07 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.07 ft at 11:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 4.06 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.05 ft at 12:15am Feb 9 Observed: 4.05 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.04 ft at 12:45am Feb 9 Observed: 4.04 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4.03 ft at 1:15am Feb 9 Observed: 4.03 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 4.02 ft at 1:45am Feb 9 Observed: 4.01 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 4 ft at 2:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.99 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.99 ft at 2:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.98 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.97 ft at 3:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.97 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.96 ft at 3:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.95 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.95 ft at 4:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.94 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.93 ft at 4:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.92 ft at 5:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.91 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.9 ft at 5:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.9 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.89 ft at 6:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.88 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.87 ft at 6:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.87 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.86 ft at 7:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.86 ft at 7:16am Feb 9 Observed: 3.85 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.85 ft at 7:31am Feb 9 Observed: 3.85 ft at 7:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.85 ft at 7:46am Feb 9 Observed: 3.84 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.84 ft at 8:01am Feb 9 Observed: 3.84 ft at 8:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.83 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.83 ft at 8:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.82 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.82 ft at 9:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.81 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.81 ft at 9:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.8 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.8 ft at 10:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.79 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.79 ft at 10:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.78 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 3.78 ft at 11:15am Feb 9 Observed: 3.77 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 3.77 ft at 11:45am Feb 9 Observed: 3.76 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.76 ft at 12:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.76 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 12:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.74 ft at 1:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.74 ft at 1:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.73 ft at 1:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.73 ft at 2:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.72 ft at 2:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.71 ft at 3:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.71 ft at 3:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.71 ft at 3:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.71 ft at 3:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.71 ft at 4:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.72 ft at 4:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.72 ft at 4:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.73 ft at 4:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.73 ft at 5:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.73 ft at 5:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.74 ft at 5:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.74 ft at 5:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 6:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 6:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 6:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 6:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 7:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 7:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 7:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 7:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 8:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 8:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 8:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.75 ft at 8:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.76 ft at 9:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 3.76 ft at 9:15pm Feb 9 Forecast: 3.8 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 3.8 ft at 7:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 3.9 ft at 1:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 4.1 ft at 7:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 4.3 ft at 1:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 4.5 ft at 7:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 4.6 ft at 1:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 4.7 ft at 7:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 4.8 ft at 1:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 5.1 ft at 7:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 5.5 ft at 1:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 5.9 ft at 7:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 6.1 ft at 1:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 6.3 ft at 7:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 6.4 ft at 1:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 6.5 ft at 7:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 6.6 ft at 1:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 6.7 ft at 7:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 6.7 ft at 1:00am Feb 14 Forecast: 6.7 ft at 7:00am Feb 14 Graph Created (10:41pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed Forecast (issued 9:26am Feb 9) USGS--Water Resources of the United States CLYN7 (plotting HGIRG) Gage 0 Datum: 128.41 Latest observed value: 3.76 ft at 9:15 PM EST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 9.0 ft. Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Neuse River near Clayton are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:16
Moderate Flood Stage:13
Flood Stage:9
Action Stage:9

Historical Crests
(1) 22.12 ft on 09/19/1945
(2) 21.62 ft on 10/03/1929
(3) 21.15 ft on 07/23/1919
(4) 20.12 ft on 09/07/1996
(5) 18.70 ft on 12/01/1934
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Low Water Records
(1) 0.3 ft on 09/15/1932
(2) 0.8 ft on 08/30/1980
(3) 1.0 ft on 09/18/1985
(3) 1.0 ft on 10/10/1981
(5) 1.2 ft on 10/02/1985

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26.0 THE GROUNDS OF THE PUMPING STATION BEGIN TO FLOOD
16.0 MAJOR FLOOD BEGINS
13.0 MODERATE FLOOD BEGINS
9.0 MINOR OVERFLOW OCCURS ON BOTH BANKS

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Latitude: 35.647000° N, Longitude: 78.406000° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 9 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 128.41 ft 137.41 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

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