Clinch River at Blackford

Highest listed crest 16.82 ftFlood stage 10.5 ft1 crests since 2025

The Clinch River at Blackford crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2025. The highest, 16.82 ft on February 16, 2025, was moderate flooding, 6.32 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Clinch River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 16.82 ft; February 16, 2025
Flood stage: 10.5 ft; Major flooding from 21.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: February 16, 2025; 16.82 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Russell County; Virginia
Identifiers: NWS CLIV2; No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Clinch River at Blackford

Action stage	9.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	10.5	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	16.0	1	Feb 16, 2025	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	21.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2025 to 2025. 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

Highest listed crests, Clinch River at Blackford

1	Feb 16, 2025	16.82	+6.32	Moderate	—

The worst floods along the Clinch River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Clinch River that crested above flood stage within a week.

February 16, 2025: 16.82 ft here, moderate flooding

RichlandsVA · Feb 16, 2025 · 16.09 ft · Major
Speers FerryVA · Feb 16, 2025 · 28.16 ft · Moderate
ClevelandVA · Feb 16, 2025 · 20.48 ft · Moderate
TazewellTN · Feb 17, 2025 · 18.89 ft · Moderate
DungannonVA · Feb 16, 2025 · 14.85 ft · Minor · its highest

Gauges on the Clinch River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Clinch River

Tazewell	TN	12.0	29.32 ft, Apr 5, 1977	6
Blackford this gauge	VA	10.5	16.82 ft, Feb 16, 2025	0
Cleveland	VA	14.0	26.40 ft, Apr 5, 1977	2
Dungannon	VA	12.0	14.85 ft, Feb 16, 2025	0
Richlands	VA	10.0	21.30 ft, Jun 22, 1901	6
Speers Ferry	VA	18.0	36.69 ft, Apr 5, 1977	3

Other gauges in Russell County

Flood gauges in Russell County

Cleveland	14.0	26.40 ft, Apr 5, 1977	2

Russell County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLIV2, 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.