Ohio River at Henderson
Highest listed crest 43.08 ftFlood stage 36.0 ft2 crests since 2025
The Ohio River at Henderson crested above flood stage 2 times among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2025. The highest, 43.08 ft on April 12, 2025, was moderate flooding, 7.08 feet above flood stage. 22 other gauges on the Ohio River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 43.08 ft
- April 12, 2025; 85,500 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 36.0 ft
- Major flooding from 48.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 2 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- April 12, 2025
- 43.08 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 31.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 36.0 | 1 | Feb 23, 2025 |
| Moderate flood stage | 43.0 | 1 | Apr 12, 2025 |
| Major flood stage | 48.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
2 crests from 2025 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Apr 12, 2025 | 43.08 | +7.08 | Moderate |
| 2 | Feb 23, 2025 | 39.59 | +3.59 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Ohio River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Ohio River that crested above flood stage within a week.
April 12, 2025: 43.08 ft here, moderate flooding
- ShawneetownKY · Apr 14, 2025 · 53.33 ft · Major
- Cannelton Lock and DamKY · Apr 10, 2025 · 51.05 ft · Major
- Clifty CreekIN · Apr 9, 2025 · 458.62 ft · Moderate
- McAlpine LowerKY · Apr 9, 2025 · 67.98 ft · Moderate
- CincinnatiOH · Apr 7, 2025 · 60.91 ft · Moderate
- J.T. Myers Lock and DamKY · Apr 14, 2025 · 54.09 ft · Moderate
- CairoIL · Apr 12, 2025 · 52.68 ft · Moderate
- GolcondaIL · Apr 15, 2025 · 52.32 ft · Moderate
- Mount VernonIN · Apr 13, 2025 · 50.10 ft · Moderate
- Tell CityIN · Apr 10, 2025 · 49.50 ft · Moderate
February 23, 2025: 39.59 ft here, minor flooding
- Cannelton Lock and DamKY · Feb 21, 2025 · 46.20 ft · Moderate
- Tell CityIN · Feb 21, 2025 · 45.00 ft · Moderate
- ShawneetownKY · Feb 24, 2025 · 44.72 ft · Moderate
- OwensboroKY · Feb 21, 2025 · 44.29 ft · Moderate
- PaducahKY · Feb 19, 2025 · 43.23 ft · Moderate
- Olmsted Lock and Dam HeadwaterKY · Feb 20, 2025 · 42.94 ft · Moderate
- Clifty CreekIN · Feb 20, 2025 · 451.61 ft · Minor
- McAlpine LowerKY · Feb 20, 2025 · 59.59 ft · Minor
- Lloyd Greenup LockKY · Feb 18, 2025 · 55.58 ft · Minor
- CincinnatiOH · Feb 19, 2025 · 55.46 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Ohio River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Ashland | KY | 74.21 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 4 |
| Belleville Lock | WV | 61.80 ft, Mar 29, 1913 | 15 |
| Cairo | IL | 61.72 ft, May 2, 2011 | 19 |
| Cannelton Lock and Dam | KY | 60.80 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 8 |
| Cincinnati | OH | 66.20 ft, Mar 11, 1964 | 1 |
| Clifty Creek | IN | 475.90 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 1 |
| Dashields Lock and Dam | PA | 42.80 ft, Mar 18, 1936 | 5 |
| East Liverpool | WV | 29.90 ft, Mar 19, 1936 | 11 |
| Evansville | IN | 53.75 ft, Jan 31, 1937 | 1 |
| Golconda | IL | 62.60 ft, Feb 2, 1937 | 3 |
| Hannibal Lock and Dam | OH | 41.90 ft, Jun 25, 1972 | 2 |
| Henderson this gauge | KY | 43.08 ft, Apr 12, 2025 | 0 |
| Ironton | OH | 54.67 ft, Feb 19, 2018 | 0 |
| J.T. Myers Lock and Dam | KY | 64.40 ft, Feb 1, 1937 | 1 |
| Lloyd Greenup Lock | KY | 64.50 ft, Mar 31, 1913 | 3 |
| Marietta Pumphouse | OH | 58.30 ft, Mar 29, 1913 | 3 |
| Markland Lower | KY | 76.10 ft, Jan 26, 1937 | 1 |
| Maysville | KY | 75.60 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 2 |
| McAlpine Lower | KY | 85.44 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 4 |
| McAlpine Upper | KY | 52.15 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 7 |
| Meldahl Dam | OH | 76.00 ft, Jan 26, 1937 | 3 |
| Montgomery Lock and Dam | PA | 55.00 ft, Mar 18, 1936 | 10 |
| Moundsville | WV | 57.90 ft, Mar 19, 1936 | 3 |
| Mount Vernon | IN | 59.21 ft, Feb 1, 1937 | 2 |
| New Cumberland Lock and Dam | OH | 50.20 ft, Dec 31, 1942 | 15 |
| Newburgh Lock and Dam | KY | 56.60 ft, Jan 31, 1937 | 1 |
| Olmsted Lock and Dam Headwater | KY | 48.20 ft, Feb 21, 2020 | 1 |
| Owensboro | KY | 54.80 ft, Jan 29, 1937 | 5 |
| Paducah | KY | 60.60 ft, Feb 2, 1937 | 7 |
| Parkersburg | WV | 45.20 ft, Mar 12, 1964 | 5 |
| Pike Island Lock and Dam | WV | 47.70 ft, Mar 11, 1964 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 46.00 ft, Mar 18, 1936 | 22 |
| Point Pleasant | WV | 62.80 ft, Mar 30, 1913 | 25 |
| Pomeroy | OH | 68.80 ft, Apr 1, 1913 | 34 |
| Portsmouth | OH | 53.78 ft, Apr 7, 2025 | 0 |
| Powhatan Point | OH | 53.30 ft, Mar 19, 1936 | 5 |
| R C Byrd Lock | WV | 69.60 ft, Jan 27, 1937 | 9 |
| Racine Lock | WV | 50.23 ft, Sep 20, 2004 | 3 |
| Shawneetown | KY | 65.64 ft, Jan 30, 1937 | 7 |
| Smithland Lock and Dam | KY | 54.83 ft, May 6, 2011 | 4 |
| Steubenville | OH | 44.00 ft, Jan 20, 1996 | 1 |
| Tell City | IN | 56.95 ft, Jan 29, 1937 | 6 |
| Wellsburg | WV | 54.60 ft, Mar 19, 1936 | 9 |
| Wellsville | OH | 20.90 ft, Jan 20, 1996 | 3 |
| Wheeling | WV | 45.40 ft, Jan 20, 1996 | 3 |
| Willow Island Lock | WV | 44.78 ft, Sep 19, 2004 | 2 |
| Huntington | OH | 57.52 ft, Mar 5, 1997 | 0 |
Other gauges in Henderson County
| Newburgh Lock and Dam | 56.60 ft, Jan 31, 1937 | 1 |
Henderson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Kentucky
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HENK2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.