By CRAIG FREILICH

Residents are concerned about rising water levels in the Raquette River after some heavy rain in the last week, as more rain is predicted.

While the National Weather Service has made note of the occasionally heavy rainfall in the St. Lawrence Valley recently, and predicts more rain this week, no flood warnings or watches are posted.

But residents in Potsdam and Colton have told NorthCountryNow.com that the levels they are seeing are higher than they've been since the flooding along the river from Colton to Raymondville in the spring of 2011.

Current readings at U.S. Geological Survey gauges are all below the records set four years ago, but residents have said the river level is above the normal bank and that has them concerned that as the rain continues, the river could flood homes, businesses and roads as it did in 2011.

The USGS gauge in South Colton recorded record high discharge of 12,800 cubic feet per second on April 29, 2011. The height of the gauge was recorded at 11.27 feet.

The discharges there Monday reached a high of 7,000 cubic feet per second, compared with less than 4,000 cfs on June 9. The gauge height on June 9 was as low as 6 feet, but was nearing 8.5 feet Monday.

Farther upriver, at Piercefield, the gauge shows discharge rising gradually over 4,000 cfs since Saturday, and the gauge height reached about 9.2 feet Monday. The record high flows and height are 10,400 cfs and 13.4 feet on May 1 2011.

 Downriver in Raymondville, flows and height peaked in the last week at nearly 9,000 cfs and about 6.2 feet Friday. That compares with records of 14,100 cfs and 8.72 feet on May 4, 2011, except for when an ice jam in 1954 raised the gauge to 9.24 feet.

St. Lawrence County Emergency Services Director Michael Lecuyer has not been available for comment yet.