The National Weather Service gauge on Black Creek at Middleburg reaches flood stage at 15 feet and major flood stage at 18. Its record crest is 30.52 feet, on September 12, 2017, after Hurricane Irma, about six feet above the next highest, 24.1 feet in June 2012. The Weather Service’s own impact notes describe what those levels mean on the ground: at 16.5 feet water enters homes along Lazy Acres Road and some homes on Hawk Haven Drive are cut off, and near 30 feet the approaches to the Blanding Boulevard bridge begin to flood.
For a house in the creek’s floodplain, buyers will ask for the flood zone, any elevation certificate and what happened in 2017. You don’t need answers to every question before calling us; we look at the house and the records and price it as it stands.