Chesapeake Bay near Yorktown (IN MLLW)
Highest listed crest 6.87 ftFlood stage 4.5 ft58 crests since 2006
The Chesapeake Bay near Yorktown (IN MLLW) crested at major flood stage 11 times among the 58 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2006 to 2026. The highest, 6.87 ft on November 12, 2009, was major flooding, 2.37 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 6.87 ft
- November 12, 2009
- Flood stage
- 4.5 ft
- Major flooding from 5.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 11
- 9th of 242 gauges in Virginia
- Most recent flood crest
- September 26, 2026
- 5.50 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 4.0 | 1 | Oct 28, 2019 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 4.5 | 32 | Oct 28, 2025 |
| Moderate flood stage | 5.0 | 14 | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Major flood stage | 5.5 | 11 | Sep 26, 2026 |
Every listed crest
58 crests from 2006 to 2026. 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.
Highest crests
The 50 highest of 58 listed crests.
| 1 | Nov 12, 2009 | 6.87 | +2.37 | Major |
| 2 | Aug 27, 2011 | 6.60 | +2.10 | Major |
| 3 | Oct 7, 2006 | 6.12 | +1.62 | Major |
| 4 | Oct 29, 2012 | 6.03 | +1.53 | Major |
| 5 | Sep 1, 2006 | 6.02 | +1.52 | Major |
| 6 | Oct 4, 2015 | 6.02 | +1.52 | Major |
| 7 | Jan 3, 2022 | 5.76 | +1.26 | Major |
| 8 | Nov 22, 2006 | 5.69 | +1.19 | Major |
| 9 | Oct 12, 2025 | 5.66 | +1.16 | Major |
| 10 | Sep 25, 2008 | 5.55 | +1.05 | Major |
| 11 | Sep 26, 2026 | 5.50 | +1.00 | Major |
| 12 | Sep 3, 2016 | 5.44 | +0.94 | Moderate |
| 13 | Dec 19, 2009 | 5.33 | +0.83 | Moderate |
| 14 | Sep 23, 2023 | 5.27 | +0.77 | Moderate |
| 15 | Oct 11, 2019 | 5.24 | +0.74 | Moderate |
| 16 | May 30, 2021 | 5.21 | +0.71 | Moderate |
| 17 | Nov 15, 2024 | 5.21 | +0.71 | Moderate |
| 18 | Sep 10, 2018 | 5.18 | +0.68 | Moderate |
| 19 | May 10, 2022 | 5.17 | +0.67 | Moderate |
| 20 | Mar 6, 2013 | 5.12 | +0.62 | Moderate |
| 21 | Sep 30, 2022 | 5.11 | +0.61 | Moderate |
| 22 | Sep 6, 2019 | 5.09 | +0.59 | Moderate |
| 23 | Oct 29, 2011 | 5.08 | +0.58 | Moderate |
| 24 | Sep 22, 2024 | 5.04 | +0.54 | Moderate |
| 25 | Apr 1, 2020 | 5.01 | +0.51 | Moderate |
| 26 | Sep 28, 2023 | 4.99 | +0.49 | Minor |
| 27 | Aug 22, 2025 | 4.97 | +0.47 | Minor |
| 28 | Sep 26, 2015 | 4.95 | +0.45 | Minor |
| 29 | May 5, 2016 | 4.91 | +0.41 | Minor |
| 30 | Oct 9, 2016 | 4.88 | +0.38 | Minor |
| 31 | Oct 10, 2021 | 4.85 | +0.35 | Minor |
| 32 | Nov 7, 2021 | 4.83 | +0.33 | Minor |
| 33 | Sep 19, 2017 | 4.81 | +0.31 | Minor |
| 34 | Sep 8, 2022 | 4.80 | +0.30 | Minor |
| 35 | Mar 7, 2018 | 4.79 | +0.29 | Minor |
| 36 | May 11, 2024 | 4.79 | +0.29 | Minor |
| 37 | Sep 29, 2016 | 4.76 | +0.26 | Minor |
| 38 | Feb 9, 2016 | 4.73 | +0.23 | Minor |
| 39 | Sep 21, 2020 | 4.73 | +0.23 | Minor |
| 40 | Aug 31, 2023 | 4.73 | +0.23 | Minor |
| 41 | Aug 26, 2019 | 4.72 | +0.22 | Minor |
| 42 | Oct 11, 2018 | 4.71 | +0.21 | Minor |
| 43 | Nov 17, 2019 | 4.71 | +0.21 | Minor |
| 44 | Jun 21, 2023 | 4.71 | +0.21 | Minor |
| 45 | Aug 29, 2017 | 4.70 | +0.20 | Minor |
| 46 | Sep 16, 2025 | 4.70 | +0.20 | Minor |
| 47 | Oct 28, 2025 | 4.66 | +0.16 | Minor |
| 48 | Jan 23, 2016 | 4.64 | +0.14 | Minor |
| 49 | May 19, 2020 | 4.62 | +0.12 | Minor |
| 50 | Mar 10, 2024 | 4.61 | +0.11 | Minor |
York County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge YKTV2, 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.