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  TOP 10 NEUSE RIVER FLOODS AT SMITHFIELD From the National Weather Service archives, here are the highest flood crests recorded here over the past 110 years (flooding from Hurricane Florence, at 18.91 feet, didn't even make the Top 20): (1) 29.09 ft on 10/10/2016 (Hurricane Matthew) (2) 27.40 ft on 09/08/1996 (Hurricane Fran) (3) 27.10 ft on 08/01/1908 (4) 26.80 ft on 07/24/1919 (5) 26.72 ft on 09/18/1999 (Hurricane Floyd) (6) 26.40 ft on 10/03/1929 (7) 25.90 ft on 09/20/1945 (8) 25.36 ft on 04/27/2017 (9) 24.40 ft on 10/01/1924 (10) 23.65 ft on 03/21/1975 Click here for NOAA's web page of current Smithfield river data that includes the list of record-setting floods (scroll down)  SMITHFIELD CELEBRATES ITS NEW BOAT RAMP To
draw attention to Smithfield's reconstructed boat
ramp on the Neuse River, the town's Parks &
Recreation Department hosted its first annual "River
Rat Regatta" on Saturday, July 14. The event
featured about 30 homemade cardboard boats that
raced from the ramp downstream about 250 yards to
the Market Street bridge. The original boat ramp at
this site was built by the town as part of
Smithfield's 200th birthday celebration in 1977. The
new ramp was built by the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission and features a floating dock.
Its location at the north end of Front Street is
believed to be near the site of Smith's Ferry, a
late 18th Century colonial landmark that gave birth
to a settlement first known as "Johnston County
Court House," later incorporated as the Town of
Smithfield. To view more pictures from the
River Rat Regatta, click here.
TRACKING OUR LOCAL GOVERNING BOARDS JOHNSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Click here for highlights of recent board meetings Click here for minutes of board meetings Click here for adopted BUDGET for FY 2018-19 JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Click here for meeting agendas and minutes Click here for links to the annual BUDGET going back several years SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCIL Click here for meeting agendas and minutes Click here for adopted BUDGET for FY 2018-19 SELMA TOWN COUNCIL Click here for meeting agendas and minutes Click here for adopted BUDGET for 2018-19 |
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