| Critical Stages |
| 9' -Action |
12' -Flood |
15' -Moderate Flood |
22' -Major Flood |
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Latest Observation
Updated: 12:30:00 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
| Stage: | 6.16 ft |
| Flow: | 8.53 kcfs* | | * Thousand cubic feet per second |
Forecast
| | 05/19/2013 02:00 pm | 6.2 | 8.68 |
| | 05/19/2013 08:00 pm | 6.2 | 8.68 |
| | 05/20/2013 02:00 am | 6.3 | 9.08 |
| | 05/20/2013 08:00 am | 6.3 | 9.08 |
| | 05/20/2013 02:00 pm | 6.3 | 9.08 |
| | 05/20/2013 08:00 pm | 6.3 | 9.08 |
| | 05/21/2013 02:00 am | 6.5 | 9.88 |
| | 05/21/2013 08:00 am | 6.6 | 10.3 |
| | 05/21/2013 02:00 pm | 6.7 | 10.7 |
| | 05/21/2013 08:00 pm | 6.8 | 11.1 |
| | 05/22/2013 02:00 am | 6.8 | 11.1 |
| | 05/22/2013 08:00 am | 6.9 | 11.6 |
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| | 05/19/2013 12:30 pm | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 12:15 pm | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 12:00 pm | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 11:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 11:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 11:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 11:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 10:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 10:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 10:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 10:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 09:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 09:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 09:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 09:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 08:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 08:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 08:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 08:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 07:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 07:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 07:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 07:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 06:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 06:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 06:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 06:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 05:45 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 05:30 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 05:15 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| | 05/19/2013 05:00 am | 6.16 | 8.530 |
| Flood Impacts |
| 28.6 | FLOOD OF RECORD DURING HURRICANE AGNES. |
| 27.0 | NEAR RECORD FLOODING BEGINS. |
| 23.0 | RICHMOND CITY WATER FILTRATION PLANT ENDANGERED. |
| 22.0 | MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. DOWNSTREAM INDUSTRIES, SHOPS AND STREETS ALONG THE RIVERFRONT ARE FLOODED AT AND ABOVE THIS LEVEL. |
| 18.2 | C&O RAILROAD TRACKS FLOODED. |
| 15.0 | BEGIN MODERATE FLOODING. RESIDENCES NEAR GAGE THREATENED WITH SOME DRIVEWAYS UNDER ONE TO ONE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER. |
| 13.0 | APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES OF LOWLAND FLOODED IN VICINITY OF GAGE. |
| 12.0 | FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING ALONG BOTH BANKS...NO DAMAGE AT THIS LEVEL. |
| Historical Crests |
Low Water Records |
1) 28.62 ft on 06/23/1972
2) 24.91 ft on 08/21/1969
3) 24.77 ft on 11/07/1985
4) 23.42 ft on 03/19/1936
5) 22.65 ft on 04/27/1937
6) 21.91 ft on 04/18/1987
7) 21.80 ft on 08/18/1940
8) 21.75 ft on 10/07/1972
9) 21.22 ft on 09/08/1996
10) 21.01 ft on 09/07/1935
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1) 2.00 ft on 09/22/1966
2) 2.90 ft on 10/21/1968
2) 2.90 ft on 10/10/1970
4) 3.00 ft on 09/25/1936
4) 3.00 ft on 09/17/1943
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Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
