Flash Flood Monitoring for Streams and Tributaries

The majority of Green Stream water level sensors are deployed on streams and tributaries. These waterways are normally quiet but can turn into raging torrents during heavy rains, causing dangerous flash flooding, road overtopping, property damage, and fatalities.

Real-time sensor reporting and threshold alerts help authorities take action before conditions become hazardous. Stored and downloadable data supports post-event analysis, disaster declarations, reporting, and insurance claims.

Pan through the photos below for examples of deployments.

Flood monitoring device on a bridge over Swift Creek, surrounded by green trees on a sunny day.
A solar-powered flood gauge installed with a white rectangular box, a solar panel, and a sensor cable over a creek with green trees in the background.
A water level sensor monitors the outflow of a high risk dam, set in a forested area with green trees and a stream.
A water level sensor monitors a frequently flooded mountain stream.
A water level sensor monitors a frequently flooded creek.
A water level sensor monitors a frequently flooded mountain stream.
A water level sensor monitors a frequently flooded river in a mountain town.
 

Watch this stream gauge in action

From a shallow river just a few inches deep to this roaring river. The stream gauge reported the situation without fail through this inland tropical storm.