Highest listed crest 12.58 ft September 1, 2004; 18,900 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 9.0 ft Major flooding from 11.0 ft
Crests at major 3 55th of 242 gauges in Virginia
Most recent flood crest February 17, 2025 9.35 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, 1942 to 2025 6 8 10 12 14 ft Flood stage 9.0 ft Major 11.0 ft Apr 4, 1942: 7.77 ft, below flood stage; 760 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 1943: 8.54 ft, action stage; 1,080 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1944: 8.53 ft, action stage; 1,080 cubic feet per second Jul 21, 1945: 10.60 ft, moderate flooding; 5,750 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 1945: 9.02 ft, minor flooding; 1,620 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1947: 8.24 ft, action stage; 940 cubic feet per second May 26, 1948: 8.64 ft, action stage; 1,320 cubic feet per second Dec 4, 1948: 8.65 ft, action stage; 1,320 cubic feet per second Nov 5, 1949: 9.13 ft, minor flooding; 1,820 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1951: 7.03 ft, below flood stage; 575 cubic feet per second May 1, 1952: 8.93 ft, action stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second Nov 25, 1952: 9.10 ft, minor flooding; 1,820 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1954: 7.63 ft, below flood stage; 767 cubic feet per second Aug 15, 1955: 11.67 ft, major flooding; 7,710 cubic feet per second Oct 20, 1955: 8.38 ft, action stage; 1,180 cubic feet per second Nov 4, 1956: 9.04 ft, minor flooding; 1,700 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 1957: 9.12 ft, minor flooding; 1,820 cubic feet per second Aug 12, 1959: 8.86 ft, action stage; 1,590 cubic feet per second Sep 13, 1960: 9.58 ft, minor flooding; 2,500 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1961: 9.22 ft, minor flooding; 1,910 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 1962: 9.73 ft, minor flooding; 2,660 cubic feet per second Jun 5, 1963: 9.01 ft, minor flooding; 1,650 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1964: 8.26 ft, action stage; 980 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1965: 7.94 ft, below flood stage; 780 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1966: 7.77 ft, below flood stage; 740 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1967: 7.67 ft, below flood stage; 767 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1968: 8.63 ft, action stage; 1,040 cubic feet per second Jul 25, 1969: 10.79 ft, moderate flooding; 5,080 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1970: 7.92 ft, below flood stage; 788 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1971: 8.27 ft, action stage; 962 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 1972: 10.07 ft, moderate flooding; 3,440 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1973: 9.09 ft, minor flooding; 1,840 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 1974: 8.86 ft, action stage; 1,540 cubic feet per second Jul 17, 1975: 9.78 ft, minor flooding; 2,880 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1976: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 1,620 cubic feet per second Oct 27, 1976: 7.22 ft, below flood stage; 575 cubic feet per second Jan 21, 1978: 9.37 ft, minor flooding; 2,370 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1979: 10.99 ft, moderate flooding; 5,490 cubic feet per second Oct 5, 1979: 9.37 ft, minor flooding; 2,320 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 1981: 6.55 ft, below flood stage; 450 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1982: 8.44 ft, action stage; 1,140 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1983: 9.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,080 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1984: 10.26 ft, moderate flooding; 3,700 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 1985: 9.76 ft, minor flooding; 2,740 cubic feet per second Nov 8, 1985: 9.19 ft, minor flooding; 1,870 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1987: 9.64 ft, minor flooding; 2,530 cubic feet per second May 27, 1988: 8.27 ft, action stage; 1,030 cubic feet per second May 8, 1989: 8.56 ft, action stage; 1,230 cubic feet per second May 30, 1990: 9.15 ft, minor flooding; 1,820 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1991: 8.73 ft, action stage; 1,380 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1992: 9.09 ft, minor flooding; 1,750 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1993: 9.76 ft, minor flooding; 2,740 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1994: 9.88 ft, minor flooding; 2,960 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1995: 8.25 ft, action stage; 1,040 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1996: 9.45 ft, minor flooding; 2,230 cubic feet per second Oct 11, 1996: 8.84 ft, action stage; 1,450 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1998: 9.84 ft, minor flooding; 2,880 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1999: 10.95 ft, moderate flooding; 5,370 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 2000: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 1,550 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2001: 9.03 ft, minor flooding; 1,590 cubic feet per second May 15, 2002: 6.78 ft, below flood stage; 418 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 2003: 10.62 ft, moderate flooding; 4,510 cubic feet per second Sep 1, 2004: 12.58 ft, major flooding; 18,900 cubic feet per second Sep 5, 2006: 9.79 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second Nov 19, 2006: 10.04 ft, moderate flooding; 3,550 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 2008: 9.86 ft, minor flooding; 3,070 cubic feet per second Dec 15, 2008: 9.13 ft, minor flooding; 1,720 cubic feet per second Nov 15, 2009: 10.32 ft, moderate flooding; 4,330 cubic feet per second Aug 29, 2011: 9.19 ft, minor flooding; 1,950 cubic feet per second Sep 9, 2011: 10.36 ft, moderate flooding; 4,690 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 2013: 8.89 ft, action stage; 1,580 cubic feet per second Jun 14, 2013: 8.63 ft, action stage; 1,290 cubic feet per second May 3, 2014: 9.57 ft, minor flooding; 2,670 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 2015: 9.59 ft, minor flooding; 2,710 cubic feet per second Sep 30, 2016: 9.84 ft, minor flooding; 3,240 cubic feet per second May 20, 2018: 11.29 ft, major flooding; 7,530 cubic feet per second Jun 3, 2018: 9.49 ft, minor flooding; 2,540 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 2018: 9.72 ft, minor flooding; 2,980 cubic feet per second Aug 14, 2018: 8.24 ft, action stage; 1,050 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 2018: 8.66 ft, action stage; 1,370 cubic feet per second Oct 14, 2018: 9.61 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per second Nov 17, 2018: 8.65 ft, action stage; 1,370 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2019: 8.57 ft, action stage; 1,300 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2019: 8.06 ft, action stage; 958 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2019: 8.49 ft, action stage; 1,290 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2019: 8.65 ft, action stage; 1,450 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2019: 8.37 ft, action stage; 1,210 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2019: 8.51 ft, action stage; 1,320 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 2019: 8.17 ft, action stage; 1,080 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2020: 8.44 ft, action stage; 1,240 cubic feet per second Aug 8, 2020: 10.25 ft, moderate flooding; 3,760 cubic feet per second Aug 18, 2020: 10.10 ft, moderate flooding; 3,460 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 2020: 8.65 ft, action stage; 1,440 cubic feet per second Nov 3, 2020: 8.86 ft, action stage; 1,650 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 2020: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 1,890 cubic feet per second Dec 8, 2020: 9.00 ft, minor flooding; 1,800 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2020: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 1,810 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2020: 8.37 ft, action stage; 1,180 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2021: 8.19 ft, action stage; 1,080 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 2021: 9.06 ft, minor flooding; 1,800 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2021: 8.68 ft, action stage; 1,510 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 2021: 8.45 ft, action stage; 1,240 cubic feet per second Aug 20, 2021: 8.68 ft, action stage; 1,463 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 2022: 7.84 ft, below flood stage; 887 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 2023: 9.03 ft, minor flooding; 1,840 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2024: 9.79 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2025: 9.35 ft, minor flooding; 2,242 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.58 ft, Sep 1, 2004 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Chickahominy River near Providence Forge 1940s: 3 1950s: 4 1960s: 5 1970s: 7 1980s: 5 1990s: 7 2000s: 9 9 2010s: 9 2020s: 9 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. New Kent County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CKHV2, 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.