Ohio River at Marietta Pumphouse
Highest listed crest 58.30 ftFlood stage 35.0 ft11 crests since 1913
The Ohio River at Marietta Pumphouse crested at major flood stage 3 times among the 11 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1913 to 2024. The highest, 58.30 ft on March 29, 1913, was major flooding, 23.30 feet above flood stage. 19 other gauges on the Ohio River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 4 at their own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 58.30 ft
- March 29, 1913
- Flood stage
- 35.0 ft
- Major flooding from 40.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 3
- 28th of 129 gauges in Ohio
- Most recent flood crest
- April 14, 2024
- 37.89 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 33.0 | 1 | Feb 8, 2008 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 35.0 | 5 | Apr 14, 2024 |
| Moderate flood stage | 38.0 | 1 | Feb 18, 2018 |
| Major flood stage | 40.0 | 3 | Apr 5, 2024 |
Every listed crest
11 crests from 1913 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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.
- 14 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 48.80 ft on Feb 16, 1832; 45.00 ft on Sep 30, 1861; 52.90 ft on Feb 7, 1884; 50.50 ft on Mar 16, 1907; 41.30 ft on Jan 11, 1913; 55.00 ft on Jan 26, 1937; and more.
Highest crests
| 1 | Mar 29, 1913 | 58.30 | +23.30 | Major |
| 2 | Jan 8, 2005 | 43.60 | +8.60 | Major |
| 3 | Apr 5, 2024 | 40.07 | +5.07 | Major |
| 4 | Feb 18, 2018 | 39.58 | +4.58 | Moderate |
| 5 | Apr 14, 2024 | 37.89 | +2.89 | Minor |
| 6 | Mar 13, 2011 | 37.34 | +2.34 | Minor |
| 7 | Apr 5, 2018 | 36.40 | +1.40 | Minor |
| 8 | Jan 13, 2005 | 36.08 | +1.08 | Minor |
| 9 | Sep 12, 2018 | 35.35 | +0.35 | Minor |
| 10 | Feb 8, 2008 | 33.31 | −1.69 | Action |
| 11 | Mar 16, 2015 | 31.18 | −3.82 | Below flood stage |
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.
March 29, 1913: 58.30 ft here, major flooding
- AshlandKY · Mar 31, 1913 · 70.60 ft · Major
- PomeroyOH · Apr 1, 1913 · 68.80 ft · Major · its highest
- MaysvilleKY · Mar 31, 1913 · 68.80 ft · Major
- Meldahl DamOH · Mar 31, 1913 · 67.00 ft · Major
- Lloyd Greenup LockKY · Mar 31, 1913 · 64.50 ft · Major · its highest
- Point PleasantWV · Mar 30, 1913 · 62.80 ft · Major · its highest
- Belleville LockWV · Mar 29, 1913 · 61.80 ft · Major · its highest
- CairoIL · Apr 4, 1913 · 54.70 ft · Major
- Cannelton Lock and DamKY · Apr 1, 1913 · 53.80 ft · Major
- Mount VernonIN · Apr 5, 1913 · 52.90 ft · Major
January 8, 2005: 43.60 ft here, major flooding
- PomeroyOH · Jan 9, 2005 · 50.40 ft · Major
- Racine LockWV · Jan 9, 2005 · 48.87 ft · Major
- Pike Island Lock and DamWV · Jan 7, 2005 · 43.04 ft · Major
- Willow Island LockWV · Jan 8, 2005 · 42.90 ft · Major
- Powhatan PointOH · Jan 7, 2005 · 42.65 ft · Major
- ParkersburgWV · Jan 8, 2005 · 42.41 ft · Major
- WellsburgWV · Jan 7, 2005 · 42.20 ft · Major
- WheelingWV · Jan 7, 2005 · 42.17 ft · Major
- New Cumberland Lock and DamOH · Jan 7, 2005 · 41.00 ft · Major
- PittsburghPA · Jan 6, 2005 · 28.43 ft · Major
April 5, 2024: 40.07 ft here, major flooding
- Powhatan PointOH · Apr 4, 2024 · 42.00 ft · Major
- WellsburgWV · Apr 4, 2024 · 41.00 ft · Major
- New Cumberland Lock and DamOH · Apr 4, 2024 · 40.02 ft · Major
- PittsburghPA · Apr 4, 2024 · 28.37 ft · Major
- PomeroyOH · Apr 5, 2024 · 48.25 ft · Moderate
- Racine LockWV · Apr 6, 2024 · 46.38 ft · Moderate
- Point PleasantWV · Apr 6, 2024 · 44.69 ft · Moderate
- MoundsvilleWV · Apr 4, 2024 · 43.20 ft · Moderate
- Pike Island Lock and DamWV · Apr 4, 2024 · 42.21 ft · Moderate
- Belleville LockWV · Apr 5, 2024 · 41.93 ft · Moderate
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 | 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 this gauge | 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 Washington County
| Whipple | 17.54 ft, Jun 17, 2022 | 0 |
| Bloomfield | 32.16 ft, Sep 18, 2004 | 1 |
| Beverly | 34.76 ft, Apr 3, 2024 | 0 |
| Macksburg | 15.63 ft, Jun 17, 2022 | 0 |
Washington County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Ohio
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MTAO1, 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.