Elizabeth River at The Hague at Pedestrian Bridge
Highest listed crest 6.87 ftFlood stage 4.5 ft5 crests since 2015
The Elizabeth River at The Hague at Pedestrian Bridge crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2022. The highest, 6.87 ft on October 4, 2015, was major flooding, 2.37 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Elizabeth River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 6.87 ft
- October 4, 2015
- Flood stage
- 4.5 ft
- Major flooding from 6.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 90th of 242 gauges in Virginia
- Most recent flood crest
- October 1, 2022
- 5.39 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 | 4.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 4.5 | 1 | Oct 1, 2022 |
| Moderate flood stage | 5.5 | 3 | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Major flood stage | 6.5 | 1 | Oct 4, 2015 |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 2015 to 2022. 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
| 1 | Oct 4, 2015 | 6.87 | +2.37 | Major |
| 2 | Oct 9, 2016 | 6.43 | +1.93 | Moderate |
| 3 | Sep 6, 2019 | 6.28 | +1.78 | Moderate |
| 4 | Sep 26, 2015 | 5.57 | +1.07 | Moderate |
| 5 | Oct 1, 2022 | 5.39 | +0.89 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Elizabeth River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Elizabeth River that crested above flood stage within a week.
October 4, 2015: 6.87 ft here, major flooding
- Money Point (IN MLLW)VA · Oct 4, 2015 · 7.02 ft · Major
- Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW)VA · Oct 4, 2015 · 6.85 ft · Moderate · its highest
October 9, 2016: 6.43 ft here, moderate flooding
- Money Point (IN MLLW)VA · Oct 9, 2016 · 6.65 ft · Moderate
- Route 165 in Virginia BeachVA · Oct 9, 2016 · 6.45 ft · Moderate · its highest
- Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW)VA · Oct 9, 2016 · 6.36 ft · Moderate
September 6, 2019: 6.28 ft here, moderate flooding
- Money Point (IN MLLW)VA · Sep 6, 2019 · 6.21 ft · Moderate
Gauges on the Elizabeth River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Bailey Creek near Chesapeake VA (IN MLLW) | VA | 6.76 ft, Oct 12, 2025 | 0 |
| Route 165 in Virginia Beach | VA | 6.45 ft, Oct 9, 2016 | 0 |
| Scuffeltown Creek (IN MLLW) | VA | 6.54 ft, Oct 12, 2025 | 0 |
| The Hague at Pedestrian Bridge this gauge | VA | 6.87 ft, Oct 4, 2015 | 1 |
| the Midtown Tunnel (in MLLW) | VA | 6.73 ft, Jan 3, 2022 | 0 |
| Money Point (IN MLLW) | VA | 8.60 ft, Nov 12, 2009 | 8 |
| Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW) | VA | 6.85 ft, Oct 4, 2015 | 0 |
Other gauges in Norfolk city
| Grandy Village (IN MLLW) | 6.57 ft, Oct 12, 2025 | 0 |
| the Midtown Tunnel (in MLLW) | 6.73 ft, Jan 3, 2022 | 0 |
| Sewell's Point (IN MLLW) | 8.02 ft, Aug 23, 1933 | 11 |
| North Colley (IN MLLW) | 6.47 ft, Oct 12, 2025 | 2 |
| East Beach Marina (IN MLLW) | 7.69 ft, Sep 18, 2003 | 2 |
Norfolk city: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HAGV2, 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.