French Broad River at Blantyre, NC
Below action stageFrench Broad River at Blantyre, NC: Below action stage.
5.01ft
336 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
10.0 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 5.00 ft
River levels
Every gauge we track, sorted by how close it is to flooding. Stage readings come from the USGS; flood categories and forecast crests come from the National Weather Service.
Archive flood footage. Not current conditions — every number on this page is live.
French Broad River at Hot Springs, NC
Below action stageFrench Broad River at Hot Springs, NC: Below action stage.
2.59ft
860 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
4.9 ft below action stage.
Tuckasegee River at SR 1172 nr Cullowhee, NC
Below action stageTuckasegee River at SR 1172 nr Cullowhee, NC: Below action stage.
3.93ft
52 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
9.1 ft below action stage.
French Broad River at Rosman, NC
Below action stageFrench Broad River at Rosman, NC: Below action stage.
2.00ft
79 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
5.0 ft below action stage.
Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, NC
Below action stageTuckasegee River at Bryson City, NC: Below action stage.
1.90ft
505 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
6.1 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 1.80 ft
Little Tennessee River at Needmore, NC
Below action stageLittle Tennessee River at Needmore, NC: Below action stage.
1.83ft
236 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
5.7 ft below action stage.
Catawba R nr Pleasant Gardens, NC
Below action stageCatawba R nr Pleasant Gardens, NC: Below action stage.
1.69ft
113 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
7.3 ft below action stage.
French Broad River at Marshall, NC
Below action stageFrench Broad River at Marshall, NC: Below action stage.
1.22ft
792 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
6.3 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 1.20 ft
Pigeon River near Canton, NC
Below action stagePigeon River near Canton, NC: Below action stage.
1.35ft
82 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
6.7 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 1.40 ft
Swannanoa River at Biltmore, NC
Below action stageSwannanoa River at Biltmore, NC: Below action stage.
1.34ft
38 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
7.7 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 1.30 ft
Pigeon River near Hepco, NC
Below action stagePigeon River near Hepco, NC: Below action stage.
1.65ft
143 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
9.3 ft below action stage.
French Broad River at Asheville, NC
Below action stageFrench Broad River at Asheville, NC: Below action stage.
1.07ft
760 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
5.4 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 1.10 ft
Nolichucky River at Embreeville, TN
Below action stageNolichucky River at Embreeville, TN: Below action stage.
1.17ft
Marker shows minor flood stage.
8.8 ft below action stage.
Forecast crest 1.20 ft
South Toe River near Celo, NC
Below action stageSouth Toe River near Celo, NC: Below action stage.
0.81ft
67 cfs
Marker shows minor flood stage.
6.2 ft below action stage.
Broad River near Boiling Springs, NC
No flood thresholds publishedBroad River near Boiling Springs, NC: No flood thresholds published.
1.67ft
455 cfs
No official flood thresholds are published for this gauge, so we cannot say how close it is to flooding.
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How to read these numbers
Stage is the height of the water surface at the gauge, not the depth of the river and not a height above any particular street. Flood categories are set per gauge by the National Weather Service and mean different things at different locations — nine feet is routine on one river and serious on another.
A gauge showing “no flood thresholds published” is reporting a real water level, but no official category has been assigned to it, so we will not guess whether it is high.
This page is not an evacuation tool. If water is rising where you are, act on what you can see and on instructions from local emergency management, not on a number from a website.