Tar River Basin Flood-Inundation Mapping

02083893 - Tar River near Rock Springs

Northeast Quarter Flood-Inundation Maps

Gage
Height
(in feet)
Flood-Inundation Map

Historical Crests
(Gage Height)

  • 18.54 ft on 06/20/2006
  • 15.16 ft on 08/20/2004
  • 14.52 ft on 09/24/2003
  • 12.85 ft on 01/19/2005

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Additional Links

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Click on gage height numbers to view flood-inundation map download options.

Inundation maps at this site are not in 1 foot increments because water levels at this site are related to water levels at Tar River near Greenville (02084000). A 1-foot water level rise at Tar River near Greenville does not necessarily result in a 1-foot rise at this site.

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Map Explanation

Base map is hill shade derived from LIDAR. Roads are coverages obtained from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Orthophotography is from USDA 2005 National Agriculture Imagery Program.

green square (Green square) = station location.

Gage Height (GH) and Water-Surface Elevation are rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot.

1:24,000 scale shows inundated area near streamgage.

1:12,000 scale shows greater detail, including road names.

Projection Lambert Conformal Conic (NC State Plane)
Horizontal Datum North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)
Vertical Datum North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88)

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