Highest listed crest 26.40 ft July 5, 1969; 47,500 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 15.0 ft Major flooding from 18.5 ft
Crests at major 5 16th of 129 gauges in Ohio
Most recent flood crest April 4, 2026 17.40 ft, moderate flooding Listed crests at the Killbuck Creek at Killbuck, 1935 to 2026 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 15.0 ft Major 18.5 ft Aug 7, 1935: 21.77 ft, major flooding; 28,800 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1937: 17.20 ft, moderate flooding; 7,300 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1939: 16.05 ft, minor flooding; 4,940 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1940: 16.20 ft, minor flooding; 5,200 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1945: 16.20 ft, minor flooding; 4,950 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 1946: 17.35 ft, moderate flooding; 7,480 cubic feet per second Jun 8, 1947: 17.21 ft, moderate flooding; 7,220 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1948: 16.95 ft, minor flooding; 6,800 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1952: 17.18 ft, moderate flooding; 7,060 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1956: 16.49 ft, minor flooding; 4,640 cubic feet per second Jun 29, 1957: 17.09 ft, moderate flooding; 5,600 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1959: 21.75 ft, major flooding; 28,400 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1963: 18.27 ft, moderate flooding; 6,260 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1964: 19.11 ft, major flooding; 8,880 cubic feet per second Feb 2, 1968: 16.23 ft, minor flooding; 3,090 cubic feet per second Jul 5, 1969: 26.40 ft, major flooding; 47,500 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1970: 16.31 ft, minor flooding; 2,350 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 1975: 16.82 ft, minor flooding; 5,180 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1976: 16.02 ft, minor flooding; 3,740 cubic feet per second Sep 16, 1979: 18.51 ft, major flooding; 9,880 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 1980: 16.43 ft, minor flooding; 4,240 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 1981: 16.66 ft, minor flooding; 5,160 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 1982: 16.18 ft, minor flooding; 4,290 cubic feet per second May 5, 1983: 16.37 ft, minor flooding; 4,620 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1984: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 3,900 cubic feet per second Jul 12, 1986: 16.13 ft, minor flooding; 3,470 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1990: 16.29 ft, minor flooding; 1,629 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1994: 17.02 ft, moderate flooding; 4,620 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1996: 16.53 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second Jun 2, 1997: 16.32 ft, minor flooding; 2,680 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1999: 16.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,370 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2000: 16.19 ft, minor flooding; 2,540 cubic feet per second Dec 17, 2000: 16.27 ft, minor flooding; 2,630 cubic feet per second Jun 18, 2004: 17.01 ft, moderate flooding; 3,475 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 2005: 18.17 ft, moderate flooding; 8,180 cubic feet per second Jul 15, 2006: 16.01 ft, minor flooding; 2,660 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 2007: 16.38 ft, minor flooding; 2,755 cubic feet per second Dec 17, 2007: 15.79 ft, minor flooding; 2,520 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2008: 16.15 ft, minor flooding; 2,930 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 2008: 15.09 ft, minor flooding; 1,960 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2008: 16.71 ft, minor flooding; 4,070 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 2008: 16.50 ft, minor flooding; 3,460 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2009: 15.96 ft, minor flooding; 2,610 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2009: 15.05 ft, minor flooding; 1,810 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 2010: 15.97 ft, minor flooding; 2,620 cubic feet per second Jun 6, 2010: 15.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,310 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2011: 18.07 ft, moderate flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 2011: 15.29 ft, minor flooding; 2,180 cubic feet per second May 4, 2011: 15.38 ft, minor flooding; 2,550 cubic feet per second May 31, 2011: 16.13 ft, minor flooding; 3,050 cubic feet per second Nov 30, 2011: 15.27 ft, minor flooding; 2,160 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 2011: 16.19 ft, minor flooding; 3,140 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 2011: 15.71 ft, minor flooding; 2,540 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 2012: 16.10 ft, minor flooding; 3,010 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2013: 16.58 ft, minor flooding; 4,380 cubic feet per second Jul 11, 2013: 16.20 ft, minor flooding; 3,370 cubic feet per second Dec 23, 2013: 16.61 ft, minor flooding; 3,720 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 2014: 16.37 ft, minor flooding; 3,190 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 2014: 15.30 ft, minor flooding; 2,200 cubic feet per second May 1, 2014: 16.33 ft, minor flooding; 3,370 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 2014: 17.64 ft, moderate flooding; 8,140 cubic feet per second Aug 21, 2014: 15.03 ft, minor flooding; 1,800 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 2015: 16.67 ft, minor flooding; 3,910 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2015: 16.07 ft, minor flooding; 2,750 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 2015: 15.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,040 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2016: 15.50 ft, minor flooding; 2,180 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2016: 15.14 ft, minor flooding; 1,880 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 2017: 15.28 ft, minor flooding; 3,050 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2017: 15.47 ft, minor flooding; 3,280 cubic feet per second May 6, 2017: 14.99 ft, action stage; 2,750 cubic feet per second Nov 20, 2017: 16.78 ft, minor flooding; 4,970 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2018: 17.08 ft, moderate flooding; 6,770 cubic feet per second May 28, 2018: 16.19 ft, minor flooding; 4,540 cubic feet per second Nov 3, 2018: 15.97 ft, minor flooding; 2,520 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2019: 16.28 ft, minor flooding; 2,790 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 2019: 16.82 ft, minor flooding; 3,570 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 2020: 16.59 ft, minor flooding; 3,180 cubic feet per second May 10, 2021: 16.63 ft, minor flooding; 3,240 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 2022: 15.87 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2022: 17.10 ft, moderate flooding; 5,410 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2022: 16.83 ft, minor flooding; 3,590 cubic feet per second May 8, 2022: 15.21 ft, minor flooding; 1,980 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2023: 15.95 ft, minor flooding; 2,280 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 2023: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 2,580 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2024: 17.00 ft, moderate flooding; 3,680 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 2024: 15.87 ft, minor flooding; 2,350 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2025: 15.41 ft, minor flooding; 2,110 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 2025: 17.08 ft, moderate flooding; 3,950 cubic feet per second May 7, 2025: 16.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,480 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 2026: 16.37 ft, minor flooding; 2,765 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2026: 17.40 ft, moderate flooding; 4,872 cubic feet per second Highest, 26.40 ft, Jul 5, 1969 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Killbuck Creek at Killbuck 1930s: 3 1940s: 5 1950s: 4 1960s: 4 1970s: 4 1980s: 6 1990s: 5 2000s: 13 2010s: 31 31 2020s: 15 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. Holmes County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Ohio
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KILO1, 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.