Chesapeake Bay near Mobjack Bay
Highest listed crest 6.11 ftFlood stage 4.0 ft44 crests since 2015
The Chesapeake Bay near Mobjack Bay crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 44 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2019. The highest, 6.11 ft on October 4, 2015, was major flooding, 2.11 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 6.11 ft
- October 4, 2015
- Flood stage
- 4.0 ft
- Major flooding from 5.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 90th of 242 gauges in Virginia
- Most recent flood crest
- April 19, 2019
- 4.03 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 | 3.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 4.0 | 36 | Apr 19, 2019 |
| Moderate flood stage | 5.0 | 7 | Sep 10, 2018 |
| Major flood stage | 5.5 | 1 | Oct 4, 2015 |
Every listed crest
44 crests from 2015 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- 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.
Highest crests
| 1 | Oct 4, 2015 | 6.11 | +2.11 | Major |
| 2 | Sep 10, 2018 | 5.43 | +1.43 | Moderate |
| 3 | Sep 3, 2016 | 5.39 | +1.39 | Moderate |
| 4 | May 5, 2016 | 5.17 | +1.17 | Moderate |
| 5 | Sep 26, 2015 | 5.13 | +1.13 | Moderate |
| 6 | Feb 9, 2016 | 5.03 | +1.03 | Moderate |
| 7 | Mar 7, 2018 | 5.03 | +1.03 | Moderate |
| 8 | Sep 19, 2017 | 5.00 | +1.00 | Moderate |
| 9 | Sep 29, 2016 | 4.92 | +0.92 | Minor |
| 10 | Jan 23, 2016 | 4.76 | +0.76 | Minor |
| 11 | Oct 9, 2016 | 4.75 | +0.75 | Minor |
| 12 | Aug 29, 2017 | 4.73 | +0.73 | Minor |
| 13 | Mar 20, 2018 | 4.72 | +0.72 | Minor |
| 14 | Nov 9, 2017 | 4.69 | +0.69 | Minor |
| 15 | Jun 11, 2018 | 4.66 | +0.66 | Minor |
| 16 | Oct 26, 2018 | 4.64 | +0.64 | Minor |
| 17 | Sep 24, 2018 | 4.63 | +0.63 | Minor |
| 18 | Jan 24, 2017 | 4.62 | +0.62 | Minor |
| 19 | Jan 20, 2019 | 4.59 | +0.59 | Minor |
| 20 | May 24, 2017 | 4.56 | +0.56 | Minor |
| 21 | Nov 26, 2018 | 4.56 | +0.56 | Minor |
| 22 | Jun 7, 2017 | 4.53 | +0.53 | Minor |
| 23 | Oct 13, 2018 | 4.52 | +0.52 | Minor |
| 24 | Apr 16, 2018 | 4.50 | +0.50 | Minor |
| 25 | Jul 29, 2017 | 4.48 | +0.48 | Minor |
| 26 | Oct 28, 2015 | 4.47 | +0.47 | Minor |
| 27 | Nov 5, 2017 | 4.39 | +0.39 | Minor |
| 28 | Sep 5, 2015 | 4.37 | +0.37 | Minor |
| 29 | Aug 12, 2018 | 4.36 | +0.36 | Minor |
| 30 | May 18, 2018 | 4.34 | +0.34 | Minor |
| 31 | Jul 12, 2018 | 4.34 | +0.34 | Minor |
| 32 | Jan 10, 2016 | 4.28 | +0.28 | Minor |
| 33 | Dec 6, 2017 | 4.28 | +0.28 | Minor |
| 34 | Jul 21, 2018 | 4.25 | +0.25 | Minor |
| 35 | Aug 8, 2015 | 4.16 | +0.16 | Minor |
| 36 | Jun 22, 2018 | 4.16 | +0.16 | Minor |
| 37 | Dec 10, 2018 | 4.15 | +0.15 | Minor |
| 38 | Mar 20, 2016 | 4.12 | +0.12 | Minor |
| 39 | Sep 22, 2015 | 4.11 | +0.11 | Minor |
| 40 | Apr 20, 2015 | 4.09 | +0.09 | Minor |
| 41 | Jun 3, 2015 | 4.06 | +0.06 | Minor |
| 42 | Mar 21, 2019 | 4.04 | +0.04 | Minor |
| 43 | Apr 19, 2019 | 4.03 | +0.03 | Minor |
| 44 | Feb 17, 2019 | 4.00 | 0.00 | Minor |
Other gauges in Gloucester County
| Schley (IN MLLW) | 5.54 ft, Oct 12, 2025 | 0 |
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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MJBV2, 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.