Highest listed crest 31.15 ft March 2, 1997
Flood stage 16.0 ft Major flooding from 29.0 ft
Crests at major 1 46th of 129 gauges in Ohio
Most recent flood crest February 16, 2025 18.85 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Ohio Brush Creek near West Union, 1932 to 2025 15 20 25 30 35 ft Flood stage 16.0 ft Major 29.0 ft Mar 19, 1932: 26.00 ft, moderate flooding Mar 19, 1943: 26.50 ft, moderate flooding Mar 6, 1945: 25.30 ft, moderate flooding Jun 17, 1945: 19.75 ft, minor flooding Feb 14, 1948: 21.93 ft, minor flooding Mar 5, 1962: 23.00 ft, minor flooding Mar 5, 1964: 21.42 ft, minor flooding Mar 10, 1964: 27.91 ft, moderate flooding Sep 1, 1965: 19.90 ft, minor flooding Feb 22, 1971: 20.67 ft, minor flooding Mar 30, 1985: 16.60 ft, minor flooding Feb 16, 1990: 18.40 ft, minor flooding May 25, 1995: 18.20 ft, minor flooding Jan 24, 1996: 19.30 ft, minor flooding May 16, 1996: 24.00 ft, moderate flooding Mar 2, 1997: 31.15 ft, major flooding Jan 8, 1998: 17.70 ft, minor flooding Apr 30, 1998: 15.60 ft, action stage Feb 19, 2000: 24.50 ft, moderate flooding Dec 17, 2000: 18.90 ft, minor flooding Jul 18, 2001: 15.97 ft, action stage Jun 7, 2002: 15.52 ft, action stage May 11, 2003: 22.45 ft, minor flooding May 21, 2003: 15.60 ft, action stage Sep 2, 2003: 18.22 ft, minor flooding; 22,406 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 2004: 19.78 ft, minor flooding; 27,222 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2004: 17.03 ft, minor flooding; 19,091 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 2005: 17.92 ft, minor flooding; 21,536 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 2005: 15.07 ft, action stage; 14,280 cubic feet per second Sep 13, 2006: 16.46 ft, minor flooding; 15,132 cubic feet per second Oct 5, 2006: 17.97 ft, minor flooding; 18,902 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 2006: 16.25 ft, minor flooding; 14,655 cubic feet per second Oct 28, 2006: 15.51 ft, action stage; 12,993 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2007: 20.25 ft, minor flooding; 25,624 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2007: 15.99 ft, action stage; 14,076 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 2007: 16.99 ft, minor flooding; 16,376 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2008: 17.77 ft, minor flooding; 18,368 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 2008: 20.91 ft, minor flooding; 27,795 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 2008: 19.00 ft, minor flooding; 21,800 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2008: 18.66 ft, minor flooding; 20,816 cubic feet per second May 16, 2008: 19.57 ft, minor flooding; 23,497 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 2009: 16.35 ft, minor flooding; 14,881 cubic feet per second May 3, 2010: 19.76 ft, minor flooding; 24,080 cubic feet per second May 22, 2010: 20.67 ft, minor flooding; 26,993 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2011: 19.60 ft, minor flooding; 23,589 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2011: 18.38 ft, minor flooding; 20,026 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 2011: 15.23 ft, action stage; 12,386 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 2011: 19.30 ft, minor flooding; 22,683 cubic feet per second May 3, 2011: 22.07 ft, minor flooding; 31,851 cubic feet per second Nov 23, 2011: 16.69 ft, minor flooding; 15,664 cubic feet per second Dec 6, 2011: 15.41 ft, action stage; 12,773 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 2012: 16.46 ft, minor flooding; 15,132 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 2014: 17.23 ft, minor flooding; 17,858 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 2015: 16.42 ft, minor flooding; 16,003 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 2015: 17.17 ft, minor flooding; 17,711 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2015: 19.18 ft, minor flooding; 23,007 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 2015: 16.58 ft, minor flooding; 16,368 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2015: 18.02 ft, minor flooding; 19,856 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 2016: 16.36 ft, minor flooding; 15,884 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2016: 15.75 ft, action stage; 14,642 cubic feet per second Aug 18, 2016: 17.23 ft, minor flooding; 17,860 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2016: 18.43 ft, minor flooding; 20,939 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2017: 18.08 ft, minor flooding; 20,010 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 2017: 18.71 ft, minor flooding; 21,699 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 2017: 17.20 ft, minor flooding; 17,787 cubic feet per second Nov 6, 2017: 15.73 ft, action stage; 14,604 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2018: 16.61 ft, minor flooding; 16,418 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 2018: 20.27 ft, minor flooding; 26,249 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 2018: 15.88 ft, action stage; 14,906 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2018: 17.31 ft, minor flooding; 18,083 cubic feet per second May 22, 2018: 17.71 ft, minor flooding; 19,074 cubic feet per second Sep 9, 2018: 24.79 ft, moderate flooding; 41,712 cubic feet per second Nov 6, 2018: 20.18 ft, minor flooding; 25,976 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 2019: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 17,575 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2019: 21.20 ft, minor flooding; 29,170 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 2019: 16.92 ft, minor flooding; 17,146 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2019: 18.12 ft, minor flooding; 20,133 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 2019: 16.18 ft, minor flooding; 15,482 cubic feet per second Jun 18, 2019: 15.71 ft, action stage; 14,583 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 2019: 15.91 ft, action stage; 14,963 cubic feet per second Dec 17, 2019: 15.17 ft, action stage; 13,583 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2020: 17.56 ft, minor flooding; 18,699 cubic feet per second May 20, 2020: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 17,575 cubic feet per second Sep 4, 2020: 16.42 ft, minor flooding; 15,982 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 2021: 17.24 ft, minor flooding; 17,913 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2021: 21.56 ft, minor flooding; 30,350 cubic feet per second May 5, 2021: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 15,936 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2022: 20.57 ft, minor flooding; 27,173 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 2022: 17.02 ft, minor flooding; 17,384 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 2022: 16.02 ft, minor flooding; 15,174 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2023: 16.01 ft, minor flooding; 15,155 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2024: 16.67 ft, minor flooding; 16,558 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2025: 18.85 ft, minor flooding; 22,111 cubic feet per second Highest, 31.15 ft, Mar 2, 1997 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Ohio Brush Creek near West Union 1930s: 1 1940s: 4 1950s: 0 1960s: 4 1970s: 1 1980s: 1 1990s: 6 2000s: 18 2010s: 31 31 2020s: 12 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. Adams County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Ohio
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WUNO1, 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.