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With the storm coming in later this week, I am curious what the flooding history of downtown Raleigh is.
I'm new to the area and I'm in a first floor apartment.
Person St/Oakwood area.
How likely is it that downtown will flood? If it does, how high does the flooding go?
I have things I don't want to get wet and wondering how crazy I should get moving things to my storage unit, etc.
With the storm coming in later this week, I am curious what the flooding history of downtown Raleigh is.
I'm new to the area and I'm in a first floor apartment.
Person St/Oakwood area.
How likely is it that downtown will flood? If it does, how high does the flooding go?
I have things I don't want to get wet and wondering how crazy I should get moving things to my storage unit, etc.
How far off the ground is this first floor unit?
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With the storm coming in later this week, I am curious what the flooding history of downtown Raleigh is.
I'm new to the area and I'm in a first floor apartment.
Person St/Oakwood area.
How likely is it that downtown will flood? If it does, how high does the flooding go?
I have things I don't want to get wet and wondering how crazy I should get moving things to my storage unit, etc.
You have pretty good elevation above streams there. 320--340' above sea level. The floodplain/floodway at Peace Street and Capitol is 60-80 feet lower.
Cemetery Branch is 80--100 feet lower near Mordeai.
I expect flooding from rising waters is hardly a concern.
Water intrusion from streets, parking lots, or your downsputs or driveway, into your basement or crawlspace are more likely.
I just told a couple of recent first time buyers to sandbag their basement door.
If you are in a property with grading issues which may funnel water toward your foundation or side doors, or crawlspace vent or window wells, you might do the same.
You have pretty good elevation above streams there. 320--340' above sea level. The floodplain/floodway at Peace Street and Capitol is 60-80 feet lower.
Cemetery Branch is 80--100 feet lower near Mordeai.
I expect flooding from rising waters is hardly a concern.
Water intrusion from streets, parking lots, or your downsputs or driveway, into your basement or crawlspace are more likely.
I just told a couple of recent first time buyers to sandbag their basement door.
If you are in a property with grading issues which may funnel water toward your foundation or side doors, or crawlspace vent or window wells, you might do the same.
Thank you!
So do you think flooding above the basement (into the first floor) is likely?
Thank you!
So do you think flooding above the basement (into the first floor) is likely?
What is the answer to this question?
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Originally Posted by RedZin
How far off the ground is this first floor unit?
You will probably not have raging flood waters from overflowing streams.
But, if your home is placed in a low spot, if your first floor is very close to grade level, and you have any circumstance that will back water up along a wall, it is possible you could have water intrusion into the first floor.
You won't get a reliable answer from folks who haven't visited and haven't seen the property details.
You will probably not have raging flood waters from overflowing streams.
But, if your home is placed in a low spot, if your first floor is very close to grade level, and you have any circumstance that will back water up along a wall, it is possible you could have water intrusion into the first floor.
You won't get a reliable answer from folks who haven't visited and haven't seen the property details.
Thanks. I know theres no way to get an exact answer. Just curious historically if that area floods badly.
I do not know how high up the first floor is. I rent. I have to go up 4 steps to get to my front door, but the back door is ground level
Thanks. I know theres no way to get an exact answer. Just curious historically if that area floods badly.
I do not know how high up the first floor is. I rent. I have to go up 4 steps to get to my front door, but the back door is ground level
In the back door, is the yard flat, or does it slope away from the building?
DTR has a few flood prone areas, broadly speaking the areas closest to Crabtree creek. Wake Forest Rd as you head towards the beltiline from Whitaker mill and the area around Our Lady Of Lourdes, are what comes to mind.
I think where you are, probably the closer you get to Conn Elementary the more you have to worry, but I don’t think I’d lose sleep over it.
In the back door, is the yard flat, or does it slope away from the building?
DTR has a few flood prone areas, broadly speaking the areas closest to Crabtree creek. Wake Forest Rd as you head towards the beltiline from Whitaker mill and the area around Our Lady Of Lourdes, are what comes to mind.
I think where you are, probably the closer you get to Conn Elementary the more you have to worry, but I don’t think I’d lose sleep over it.
it would be nice to think that for the next 4 days, most City of Raleigh maintenance, park, stormwater employees would be checking drains and crabtree and other flood prone places and trying to clear the channels.
If you're within 1 block of Person St IN or just NORTH of Oakwood (North = before Harding St), then stormwater drains are all you have to worry about. Until you see Noah and his ark.
it would be nice to think that for the next 4 days, most City of Raleigh maintenance, park, stormwater employees would be checking drains and crabtree and other flood prone places and trying to clear the channels.
If you're within 1 block of Person St IN or just NORTH of Oakwood (North = before Harding St), then stormwater drains are all you have to worry about. Until you see Noah and his ark.
Just over one block off of Person in Oakwood
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