Highest listed crest 31.44 ft March 2, 1997; 15,600 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 16.0 ft No major stage set
Crests at major 0 118 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest April 5, 2025 19.76 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Shade River near Chester, 1966 to 2025 15 20 25 30 35 ft Flood stage 16.0 ft Jan 14, 1966: 24.67 ft, moderate flooding; 6,270 cubic feet per second May 1, 1966: 17.03 ft, minor flooding; 2,710 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1967: 22.48 ft, moderate flooding; 4,940 cubic feet per second May 8, 1967: 20.08 ft, minor flooding; 3,880 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1968: 18.11 ft, minor flooding; 3,160 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1968: 17.39 ft, minor flooding; 2,920 cubic feet per second May 25, 1968: 27.38 ft, moderate flooding; 8,170 cubic feet per second Aug 10, 1969: 17.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,850 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1970: 21.55 ft, moderate flooding; 4,500 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1971: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,920 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1972: 19.27 ft, minor flooding; 3,590 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 1972: 19.39 ft, minor flooding; 3,640 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1973: 18.39 ft, minor flooding; 3,310 cubic feet per second Jul 11, 1973: 17.32 ft, minor flooding; 2,990 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 1974: 22.34 ft, moderate flooding; 4,880 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 1974: 18.09 ft, minor flooding; 3,160 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 1975: 20.50 ft, minor flooding; 4,070 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 1975: 21.66 ft, moderate flooding; 4,550 cubic feet per second Oct 18, 1975: 18.81 ft, minor flooding; 3,410 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1978: 19.31 ft, minor flooding; 3,630 cubic feet per second Dec 5, 1978: 18.61 ft, minor flooding; 3,390 cubic feet per second Jul 10, 1980: 17.80 ft, minor flooding; 2,650 cubic feet per second Aug 23, 1980: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,410 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1981: 18.68 ft, minor flooding; 2,950 cubic feet per second Jun 7, 1981: 19.63 ft, minor flooding; 3,320 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 1982: 18.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,780 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 1983: 17.64 ft, minor flooding; 2,800 cubic feet per second May 29, 1984: 17.70 ft, minor flooding; 2,820 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1985: 17.75 ft, minor flooding; 2,750 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1985: 17.88 ft, minor flooding; 2,890 cubic feet per second Nov 18, 1985: 18.12 ft, minor flooding; 2,970 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 1986: 17.44 ft, minor flooding; 2,730 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1989: 22.62 ft, moderate flooding; 5,010 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1989: 18.51 ft, minor flooding; 3,120 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1990: 18.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,970 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1990: 17.68 ft, minor flooding; 2,820 cubic feet per second Aug 23, 1990: 18.98 ft, minor flooding; 3,300 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1990: 20.82 ft, minor flooding; 4,100 cubic feet per second Dec 23, 1990: 17.52 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 1990: 20.29 ft, minor flooding; 3,840 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1991: 18.16 ft, minor flooding; 2,990 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1991: 18.03 ft, minor flooding; 2,940 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 1991: 19.91 ft, minor flooding; 3,660 cubic feet per second Jul 24, 1992: 17.13 ft, minor flooding; 2,530 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1993: 18.40 ft, minor flooding; 3,000 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1994: 24.28 ft, moderate flooding; 5,660 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1994: 23.63 ft, moderate flooding; 5,220 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 1995: 18.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second May 15, 1995: 21.95 ft, moderate flooding; 4,430 cubic feet per second May 19, 1995: 20.96 ft, minor flooding; 4,020 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1996: 18.07 ft, minor flooding; 2,880 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1996: 20.10 ft, minor flooding; 3,660 cubic feet per second May 5, 1996: 20.57 ft, minor flooding; 3,850 cubic feet per second May 17, 1996: 17.04 ft, minor flooding; 2,500 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 1997: 31.44 ft, moderate flooding; 15,600 cubic feet per second Jun 28, 1998: 20.56 ft, minor flooding; 3,850 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2000: 26.00 ft, moderate flooding Mar 21, 2002: 22.88 ft, moderate flooding; 4,870 cubic feet per second May 11, 2003: 18.05 ft, minor flooding; 2,868 cubic feet per second Nov 13, 2003: 17.78 ft, minor flooding Nov 20, 2003: 18.53 ft, minor flooding Feb 7, 2004: 17.22 ft, minor flooding; 2,566 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 2004: 18.92 ft, minor flooding Apr 14, 2004: 20.14 ft, minor flooding Sep 9, 2004: 21.55 ft, moderate flooding; 4,272 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 2004: 30.04 ft, moderate flooding; 11,668 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 2005: 17.46 ft, minor flooding; 2,652 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 2006: 17.25 ft, minor flooding; 2,577 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 2007: 17.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,638 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 2007: 17.62 ft, minor flooding; 2,710 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 2008: 19.95 ft, minor flooding; 3,600 cubic feet per second Jun 5, 2008: 20.37 ft, minor flooding; 3,771 cubic feet per second May 4, 2010: 24.32 ft, moderate flooding; 5,573 cubic feet per second May 19, 2010: 18.38 ft, minor flooding; 3,380 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 2011: 17.95 ft, minor flooding; 2,831 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2011: 17.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,496 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 2011: 19.11 ft, minor flooding; 3,267 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 2011: 17.36 ft, minor flooding; 2,616 cubic feet per second Nov 23, 2011: 17.28 ft, minor flooding; 2,587 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2012: 17.90 ft, minor flooding; 2,812 cubic feet per second May 3, 2012: 17.09 ft, minor flooding; 2,520 cubic feet per second May 9, 2012: 17.06 ft, minor flooding; 2,509 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 2013: 17.76 ft, minor flooding; 2,761 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 2013: 17.05 ft, minor flooding; 2,506 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2014: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,524 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2014: 18.73 ft, minor flooding; 3,121 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2015: 17.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,548 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 2015: 18.74 ft, minor flooding; 3,125 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 2015: 17.26 ft, minor flooding; 2,580 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 2016: 19.45 ft, minor flooding; 3,401 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2017: 19.87 ft, minor flooding; 3,568 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 2017: 17.18 ft, minor flooding; 2,552 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2018: 19.36 ft, minor flooding; 3,365 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 2018: 21.17 ft, moderate flooding; 4,108 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2018: 23.04 ft, moderate flooding; 4,944 cubic feet per second Sep 10, 2018: 21.14 ft, moderate flooding; 4,095 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 2018: 17.72 ft, minor flooding; 2,746 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 2018: 19.36 ft, minor flooding; 3,365 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2019: 17.63 ft, minor flooding; 2,714 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2019: 22.63 ft, moderate flooding; 4,743 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2019: 17.86 ft, minor flooding; 2,798 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2019: 20.94 ft, minor flooding; 4,010 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2020: 18.21 ft, minor flooding; 2,927 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2021: 21.49 ft, moderate flooding; 4,247 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 2021: 20.70 ft, minor flooding; 3,909 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 2022: 23.33 ft, moderate flooding; 5,080 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 2022: 17.88 ft, minor flooding; 2,806 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 2022: 18.61 ft, minor flooding; 3,077 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 2022: 19.11 ft, minor flooding; 3,268 cubic feet per second Aug 11, 2022: 18.45 ft, minor flooding; 3,017 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 2023: 22.60 ft, moderate flooding; 5,190 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 2024: 17.26 ft, minor flooding; 2,581 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2024: 20.75 ft, minor flooding; 3,930 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 2024: 17.86 ft, minor flooding; 2,798 cubic feet per second Jan 21, 2025: 25.65 ft, moderate flooding; 6,306 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2025: 18.68 ft, minor flooding; 3,103 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2025: 23.92 ft, moderate flooding; 5,362 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2025: 19.76 ft, minor flooding; 3,524 cubic feet per second Highest, 31.44 ft, Mar 2, 1997 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Shade River near Chester 1960s: 8 1970s: 13 1980s: 13 1990s: 22 2000s: 16 2010s: 30 30 2020s: 16 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. 05 Other gauges in Meigs County Meigs County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Ohio
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SRCO1, 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.