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Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill

Highest listed crest 14.50 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft6 crests since 2024

The Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill crested above flood stage 6 times among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2025. The highest, 14.50 ft on February 6, 2025, was moderate flooding, 4.50 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
14.50 ft
February 6, 2025
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 16.0 ft
Crests at major
0
6 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
May 30, 2025
11.10 ft, minor flooding
Location
Carter County
Kentucky

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill
Action stage9.50—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.05May 30, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage14.01Feb 6, 2025Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage16.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 2024 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill, 2024 to 2025 10121416ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 16.0 ft Feb 28, 2024: 11.31 ft, minor floodingApr 3, 2024: 11.41 ft, minor floodingFeb 6, 2025: 14.50 ft, moderate floodingFeb 16, 2025: 13.09 ft, minor floodingApr 4, 2025: 10.57 ft, minor floodingMay 30, 2025: 11.10 ft, minor flooding Highest, 14.50 ft, Feb 6, 2025 20252030
  1. 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.
  2. 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

Highest listed crests, Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill
1Feb 6, 202514.50+4.50Moderate—
2Feb 16, 202513.09+3.09Minor—
3Apr 3, 202411.41+1.41Minor—
4Feb 28, 202411.31+1.31Minor—
5May 30, 202511.10+1.10Minor—
6Apr 4, 202510.57+0.57Minor—

Gauges on the Tygarts Creek

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Tygarts Creek
Olive Hill this gaugeKY10.014.50 ft, Feb 6, 20250
GreenupKY20.024.40 ft, May 3, 20103

Other gauges in Carter County

Flood gauges in Carter County
Grayson21.030.57 ft, Mar 2, 19974
Leon31.031.00 ft, Feb 28, 19620

Carter County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Kentucky

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OVHK2, 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.