Glossary
Flood stage
Flood stage is a published threshold where water begins to impact life or property at a specific gauge location—common on rivers and some reservoir tailwaters. It is not the same as a dam's flood pool storage band above recreation full on an impoundment.
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Lake Tahoe
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Check Lake Tahoe for how pool storage and downstream gauges relate—flood-stage on a river gauge is not the same as flood pool on the reservoir. Published levels use MSL unless the lake page notes otherwise.
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Cross Lake
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Check Cross Lake for how pool storage and downstream gauges relate—flood-stage on a river gauge is not the same as flood pool on the reservoir. Published levels use MSL unless the lake page notes otherwise.
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Logan Martin Lake
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Check Logan Martin Lake for how pool storage and downstream gauges relate—flood-stage on a river gauge is not the same as flood pool on the reservoir. Published levels use MSL unless the lake page notes otherwise.
