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Haywood County installs river gauges to improve flood monitoring and alerts
Summary
County staff described installation of river and rain gauges at multiple river crossings (East Fork of the Pigeon River, Dutch Cove, Crusoe/Tunnel, Chicopee, Burnet Cove, Wells Road) that will transmit river-height data via VHF to a Mount Pisgah repeater and the state flood inundation mapping/alert network; the National Weather Service will assist in calibrating action thresholds.
Haywood County staff reported on Sept. 3 that a program to install river and rain gauges across the county is entering the installation phase. The devices use a laser to measure river height and transmit data via VHF to a repeater on Mount Pisgah, which forwards information to the North Carolina flood inundation mapping and alert network.
Staff said gauges are being mounted on NCDOT bridge structures at sites that include the East Fork of the Pigeon River, Dutch Cove, a Crusoe Road tunnel site, Chicopee near the Crusoe Fire Department, Burnet Cove and Wells Road. The team is fine-tuning the sensors and plans to meet with the National Weather Service to establish management action points and notification thresholds after recent high-water events. County staff clarified some existing USGS-maintained sites will remain under USGS maintenance and that replacement county-owned sites are planned within the next year.
