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Great Miami River near Taylorsville

Highest listed crest 31.50 ftFlood stage 22.0 ft50 crests since 1924

The Great Miami River near Taylorsville crested above flood stage 33 times among the 50 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1924 to 2025. The highest, 31.50 ft on January 21, 1959, was moderate flooding, 9.50 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Great Miami River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 3 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
31.50 ft
January 21, 1959; 31,400 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
22.0 ft
Major flooding from 60.0 ft
Crests at major
0
33 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
April 6, 2025
26.80 ft, minor flooding
Location
Montgomery County
Near Vandalia (1.6 mi), Huber Heights (2.8 mi), Tipp City (6.4 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Great Miami River near Taylorsville
Action stage18.014Dec 6, 2011The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)22.032Apr 6, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage30.01Jan 21, 1959Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage60.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

50 crests from 1924 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Great Miami River near Taylorsville, 1924 to 2025 102030405060ft Flood stage 22.0 ftMajor 60.0 ft Mar 29, 1924: 23.00 ft, minor floodingJun 8, 1924: 25.00 ft, minor flooding; 21,600 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1927: 25.60 ft, minor flooding; 21,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1929: 26.60 ft, minor flooding; 23,700 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 1930: 23.70 ft, minor flooding; 20,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1930: 21.20 ft, action stage; 17,000 cubic feet per secondMay 14, 1933: 27.10 ft, minor flooding; 25,500 cubic feet per secondJan 14, 1937: 26.90 ft, minor flooding; 25,500 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 1937: 26.40 ft, minor flooding; 23,700 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1943: 22.70 ft, minor flooding; 21,900 cubic feet per secondJun 3, 1947: 21.70 ft, action stage; 20,200 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 1950: 23.90 ft, minor flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 1950: 22.30 ft, minor flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per secondDec 4, 1950: 21.20 ft, action stage; 18,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 1951: 21.90 ft, action stage; 17,900 cubic feet per secondJan 27, 1952: 24.40 ft, minor flooding; 21,500 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1958: 24.60 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 1959: 31.50 ft, moderate flooding; 31,400 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1959: 21.50 ft, action stage; 18,000 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1963: 25.70 ft, minor flooding; 24,300 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1964: 22.80 ft, minor flooding; 18,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 1975: 23.80 ft, minor flooding; 22,600 cubic feet per secondOct 5, 1986: 20.81 ft, action stage; 18,000 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 1989: 20.30 ft, action stage; 17,200 cubic feet per secondDec 31, 1990: 27.50 ft, minor flooding; 25,200 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 1995: 26.50 ft, minor flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1997: 20.40 ft, action stage; 16,500 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 2000: 16.79 ft, below flood stage; 12,600 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 2001: 13.51 ft, below flood stage; 9,170 cubic feet per secondDec 18, 2001: 18.71 ft, action stage; 14,800 cubic feet per secondJul 10, 2003: 25.40 ft, minor flooding; 22,700 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2004: 22.25 ft, minor flooding; 19,000 cubic feet per secondJan 6, 2005: 29.60 ft, minor flooding; 28,200 cubic feet per secondJan 13, 2005: 24.90 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 2006: 17.11 ft, below flood stage; 12,000 cubic feet per secondDec 2, 2006: 21.40 ft, action stage; 16,800 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 2007: 21.00 ft, action stage; 16,400 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 2007: 22.50 ft, minor flooding; 19,300 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 2007: 23.28 ft, minor flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 7, 2008: 21.20 ft, action stage; 17,600 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 2008: 22.30 ft, minor flooding; 18,300 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 2008: 22.70 ft, minor flooding; 18,900 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 2011: 21.70 ft, action stageMar 6, 2011: 23.80 ft, minor flooding; 20,957 cubic feet per secondDec 6, 2011: 21.54 ft, action stageDec 23, 2013: 28.50 ft, minor flooding; 27,135 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 2018: 25.16 ft, minor flooding; 22,670 cubic feet per secondFeb 8, 2019: 23.37 ft, minor flooding; 20,354 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 2024: 23.08 ft, minor flooding; 19,430 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 2025: 26.80 ft, minor flooding; 24,485 cubic feet per second Highest, 31.50 ft, Jan 21, 1959 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Great Miami River near Taylorsville 1920s: 4 1930s: 4 1940s: 1 1950s: 5 1960s: 2 1970s: 1 1980s: 0 1990s: 2 2000s: 8 8 2010s: 4 2020s: 2 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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, Great Miami River near Taylorsville
1Jan 21, 195931.50+9.50Moderate31,400
2Jan 6, 200529.60+7.60Minor28,200
3Dec 23, 201328.50+6.50Minor27,135
4Dec 31, 199027.50+5.50Minor25,200
5May 14, 193327.10+5.10Minor25,500
6Jan 14, 193726.90+4.90Minor25,500
7Apr 6, 202526.80+4.80Minor24,485
8Feb 26, 192926.60+4.60Minor23,700
9Aug 9, 199526.50+4.50Minor23,900
10Jan 21, 193726.40+4.40Minor23,700
11Mar 5, 196325.70+3.70Minor24,300
12Mar 21, 192725.60+3.60Minor21,600
13Jul 10, 200325.40+3.40Minor22,700
14Apr 4, 201825.16+3.16Minor22,670
15Jun 8, 192425.00+3.00Minor21,600
16Jan 13, 200524.90+2.90Minor22,100
17Jun 14, 195824.60+2.60Minor21,400
18Jan 27, 195224.40+2.40Minor21,500
19Jan 16, 195023.90+1.90Minor20,300
20Feb 24, 197523.80+1.80Minor22,600
21Mar 6, 201123.80+1.80Minor20,957
22Jan 10, 193023.70+1.70Minor20,600
23Feb 8, 201923.37+1.37Minor20,354
24Mar 24, 200723.28+1.28Minor20,300
25Apr 4, 202423.08+1.08Minor19,430
26Mar 29, 192423.00+1.00Minor—
27Apr 21, 196422.80+0.80Minor18,800
28Mar 20, 194322.70+0.70Minor21,900
29Mar 20, 200822.70+0.70Minor18,900
30Mar 2, 200722.50+0.50Minor19,300
31Feb 15, 195022.30+0.30Minor17,900
32Mar 5, 200822.30+0.30Minor18,300
33Jan 5, 200422.25+0.25Minor19,000
34Feb 21, 195121.90−0.10Action17,900
35Jun 3, 194721.70−0.30Action20,200
36Mar 1, 201121.70−0.30Action—
37Dec 6, 201121.54−0.46Action—
38Feb 11, 195921.50−0.50Action18,000
39Dec 2, 200621.40−0.60Action16,800
40Feb 26, 193021.20−0.80Action17,000
41Dec 4, 195021.20−0.80Action18,300
42Feb 7, 200821.20−0.80Action17,600
43Jan 16, 200721.00−1.00Action16,400
44Oct 5, 198620.81−1.19Action18,000
45Jun 2, 199720.40−1.60Action16,500
46May 27, 198920.30−1.70Action17,200
47Dec 18, 200118.71−3.29Action14,800
48Mar 16, 200617.11−4.89Below flood stage12,000
49Apr 8, 200016.79−5.21Below flood stage12,600
50May 19, 200113.51−8.49Below flood stage9,170

The worst floods along the Great Miami River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Great Miami River that crested above flood stage within a week.

January 21, 1959: 31.50 ft here, moderate flooding

  • MiddletownOH · Jan 22, 1959 · 19.20 ft · Moderate · its highest
  • FranklinOH · Jan 22, 1959 · 17.60 ft · Moderate · its highest
  • SidneyOH · Jan 21, 1959 · 15.91 ft · Moderate
  • MiamisburgOH · Jan 21, 1959 · 20.65 ft · Minor · its highest
  • PiquaOH · Jan 21, 1959 · 14.80 ft · Minor

January 6, 2005: 29.60 ft here, minor flooding

  • MiamitownOH · Jan 6, 2005 · 26.00 ft · Moderate
  • HamiltonOH · Jan 6, 2005 · 75.57 ft · Minor
  • MiamisburgOH · Jan 7, 2005 · 18.15 ft · Minor
  • FranklinOH · Jan 7, 2005 · 16.50 ft · Minor
  • MiddletownOH · Jan 6, 2005 · 14.21 ft · Minor
  • SidneyOH · Jan 6, 2005 · 14.16 ft · Minor

December 23, 2013: 28.50 ft here, minor flooding

  • SidneyOH · Dec 22, 2013 · 15.61 ft · Moderate
  • MiamitownOH · Dec 22, 2013 · 22.85 ft · Minor
  • MiamisburgOH · Dec 23, 2013 · 17.90 ft · Minor
  • FranklinOH · Dec 22, 2013 · 15.59 ft · Minor
  • PiquaOH · Dec 22, 2013 · 14.91 ft · Minor · its highest
  • MiddletownOH · Dec 23, 2013 · 13.62 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Great Miami River

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

Flood gauges on the Great Miami River
SidneyOH10.019.60 ft, Mar 25, 19131
PiquaOH14.014.91 ft, Dec 22, 20130
TroyOH12.013.14 ft, Apr 6, 20250
Taylorsville this gaugeOH22.031.50 ft, Jan 21, 19590
MiamisburgOH16.020.65 ft, Jan 21, 19590
FranklinOH14.017.60 ft, Jan 22, 19590
MiddletownOH12.019.20 ft, Jan 22, 19590
HamiltonOH75.076.60 ft, Mar 19, 19430
MiamitownOH16.033.40 ft, Jan 29, 19591

Other gauges in Montgomery County

Flood gauges in Montgomery County
Miamisburg16.020.65 ft, Jan 21, 19590
Englewood58.059.30 ft, Jun 15, 19580
Germantown62.063.20 ft, Jan 22, 19590

Montgomery County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Ohio

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TAYO1, 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.