Straight Fork Creek near the Tribal Hatchery

The past week

What floods at each level

• 9 ft

  BRIDGE AND TRIBAL HATCHERY WILL FLOOD. FLOOD STAGE SET TO GAGE SITE ... FLOODING FURTHER DOWNSTREAM WILL BE OCCURING.

• 5 ft

  AT THIS LEVEL THE OCONALUFTEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM IN CHEROKEE NC WILL BE FLOODING THE OCONALUFTEE ISLAND PARK. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED BOTH THE CTFN7 GAGE AND SFKN7 GAGE WERE AT 5 FT. ALSO BIRN7 BIRDTOWN GAGE WAS AT 8.8 FT.

• 3 ft

  3 INCH RAIN CAUSED THE RIVER TO RIASE TO 3.9 FT NO FLOODING AT GAGE SITE BUT DOWNSTREAM ON OCONELOFTEE THERE WAS MINOR FLOODING.