West Fork Pigeon River near Bethel, NC
River level and flood forecast · Haywood County
Normal0.5 ftas of Mon 4 PM
The river is 9.5 ft below flood stage (10 ft).
Flow: 92 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 16 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 14 ft |
| Flood stage | 10 ft |
| Action stage | 9 ft |
| Record crest (September 17, 2004) | 16.27 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 15 ftLAKE LOGAN AND MILL DAM ROADS WILL BE FLOODED.
- 14 ftSR 1111 WILL BE FLOODED.
- 13 ftHOMES ALONG SUTTLE STREET WILL FLOOD IN FIBERVILLE AREA.
- 12 ftBUILDINGS ON MILL DAM AND CHAMBERS FARM LANES WILL FLOOD. FLOODING IN CLYDE AND FIBERVILLE WILL START MAINLY ALONG HYDER MTN AND RICHLAND ROADS AND IN THE CLYDE MOBILE HOME PARK.
- 11 ftWATER WILL APPROACH STRUCTURES NEAR THE RIVER ON MILL DAM LANE.
- 10.5 ftFURTHER FLOODING ALONG BIRD CREEK AND BUILDINGS ALONG FIELDBROOK ROAD WILL FLOOD.
- 9.5 ftFLOODING ALONG MILL DAM AND FIELDBROOK ROADS WILL OCCURR...ALONG WITH FARMLAND NEAR THE RIVER. AREAS ALONG SHOVEL CREEK WILL ALSO FLOOD ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JUNKYARD AREA.
- 9.19 ftBACKWATER ON BIRD CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD AREAS BETWEEN THE CREEK AND HIGHWAY 276.
- 8.4 ftCREST OF 8.4 HERE WILL CAUSE A CREST AT CANTON CTPN7 AROUND 10.5 FT CEPN7 WAS AT 7.29 FT
- 6.22 ftBANKFULL STAGE
- 5.09 ft5.1 HERE AND 4.58 CEPN7 CAUSED A CREST AT CANTON CTPN7 OF 6.9
- 4.78 ft4.78 STAGE HERE AND 4.45 FT AT CEPN7 CAUSED A 6 FT STAGE 2 HOURS LATER AT CTPN7
- 0.85 ftGENERAL RAIN OF 0.85 IN 3 HOURS WILL CAUSE RIVER AT CWPN7 TO RISE 1 FT
Highest crests on record
- 16.27 ft — September 17, 2004
- 14.9 ft — September 8, 2004
- 12.63 ft — August 17, 1994
- 12.02 ft — October 5, 1995
- 10.96 ft — February 2, 1983
Recent crests: 10.28 ft (December 29, 2015) · 9.72 ft (December 24, 2015) · 7.46 ft (November 9, 2005) · 16.27 ft (September 17, 2004) · 14.9 ft (September 8, 2004)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamEast Fork Pigeon River above Canton, NC
- DownstreamPigeon River above Old River Rd (NC 215), 1 SW Canton, NC
- Pigeon River (NC) above (W Fork) Abv Lake Logan, NC
- Pigeon River below Jonathans Ck, 4 NW Crabtree, NC
- Davidson River near hwy 276 near Pisgah Forest, NC
- Mills River near Mills River, NC
- Tuckasegee River at sr1172 nr Cullowhee, NC
- French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre, NC
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (CWPN7); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.