Live/Water/North Carolina/Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach
Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach
A water gauge in Onslow County, North Carolina. Its stage was 0.29 ft as of Oct 5, 3:05 AM EDT.
- Stage now
- 0.29 ftreported Oct 5, 3:05 AM EDT
- 24 hour change
- Rose 0.07 ftsince Oct 4, 3:35 AM
- Rank
- -
- Elevation
- 0 ftabove sea level
- County
- Onslow County
- Position
- 34.4977° N, 77.4133° W
- Record since
- 2025
Water level
Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach
Stage is the height of the water's surface above the gauge's own fixed zero, in feet, not the depth of the water. Every point drawn is a reading the gauge sent, at the time it sent it.
- Latest
- 0.29 ftOct 5, 3:05 AM
- Highest
- 2.03 ftSep 28, 12:20 AM
- Lowest
- -0.50 ftSep 18, 10:50 AM
- Range
- 2.53 fthighest less lowest
- Change
- Fell 0.20 ftsince Sep 16, 12:35 AM
- Readings
- 1,045
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | High ft | Low ft | Average ft | Last ft | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 6 |
| Oct 4 | 0.88 | -0.20 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 45 |
| Oct 3 | 0.68 | -0.50 | 0.13 | -0.07 | 45 |
| Oct 2 | 0.72 | -0.24 | 0.30 | -0.10 | 47 |
| Oct 1 | 0.72 | -0.20 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 53 |
| Sep 30 | 1.01 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 49 |
| Sep 29 | 1.50 | 0.49 | 0.98 | 0.78 | 54 |
| Sep 28 | 2.03 | 1.08 | 1.54 | 1.47 | 49 |
| Sep 27 | 1.96 | 1.21 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 26 |
| Sep 26 | 1.99 | 1.04 | 1.51 | 1.99 | 57 |
| Sep 25 | 1.77 | 0.91 | 1.33 | 1.01 | 43 |
| Sep 24 | 1.73 | 0.78 | 1.16 | 1.63 | 62 |
| Sep 23 | 1.31 | 0.16 | 0.68 | 1.21 | 63 |
| Sep 22 | 0.98 | -0.17 | 0.43 | 0.85 | 52 |
| Sep 21 | 0.88 | -0.17 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 67 |
| Sep 20 | 0.94 | -0.14 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 60 |
| Sep 19 | 0.62 | -0.50 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 62 |
| Sep 18 | 0.45 | -0.50 | 0.06 | -0.27 | 70 |
| Sep 17 | 0.62 | -0.33 | 0.24 | -0.07 | 66 |
| Sep 16 | 0.72 | -0.20 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 69 |
Near Alligator Bay near North Topsail Beach
Gauges
Weather instruments
How to read a gauge
A gauge measures the height of the water where it stands, its stage, in feet above a fixed mark at that gauge. Two gauges' stages are not comparable: each is measured from its own mark, and a reservoir's is often its height above sea level.
The stage shown is the latest the gauge reported, with the time it reported it. Storm Station hears each gauge on its own schedule and ranks it among its state's stations by its 247 score, how reliably it reports and how its readings hold up: that is its 247 rank.