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Haw River near Bynum, NC (BYNN7)

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Inundation Levels
NAVD88 Stage

304.5*22.0*
Record Crest: 21.76 ft
304.021.5
303.521.0
303.020.5
302.520.0
302.019.5
301.519.0
301.018.5
300.518.0
300.017.5
Major Flooding Begins

299.517.0
299.016.5
298.516.0
298.015.5
Moderate Flooding Begins

297.515.0
297.014.5
296.514.0
296.013.5
295.513.0
Minor Flooding Begins


Near Flooding Begins


Below Flooding Begins

* = Extended rating
Weather Forecast Office Raleigh, NC Southeast River Forecast Center
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3.4 ft at 04/30/2024 01:45:00 UTC
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 17
Moderate Flood Stage: 15
Flood Stage: 11
Action Stage: 10
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 21.76 ft on 09/06/1996
(2) 17.71 ft on 11/13/2018
(3) 17.67 ft on 03/14/1975
(4) 17.62 ft on 09/18/2018
(5) 17.40 ft on 02/07/2020
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 11.88 ft on 02/16/2021 (P)
(2) 11.51 ft on 02/14/2021 (P)
(3) 11.26 ft on 01/03/2021 (P)
(4) 17.40 ft on 02/07/2020
(5) 12.58 ft on 11/16/2018
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 1.88 ft on 10/09/1981
(2) 1.89 ft on 10/05/1983
(3) 1.93 ft on 10/11/1984
(4) 1.95 ft on 07/08/1986
(5) 1.95 ft on 08/19/1980
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Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.
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17 Major flooding begins. Several homes along the right bank of the river are flooded.
15 Moderate flooding begins. The river widens up to 800 feet across, but flooding remains confined to extensive stretches of woods and pastureland along the river.
11 Minor flooding begins. The river widens up to 400 feet across. It floods pastureland on the right bank and woodlands on the left.
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(1) Bynum gage site on right DS bank of the Haw River.
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Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.