Highest listed crest 36.14 ft September 6, 1996; 62,800 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 15.0 ft No major stage set
Crests at major 0 40 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest February 16, 2025 16.60 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Falling River near Naruna, 1929 to 2025 0 10 20 30 40 ft Flood stage 15.0 ft Oct 2, 1929: 13.00 ft, action stage; 3,710 cubic feet per second May 23, 1931: 7.50 ft, below flood stage; 1,510 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1932: 16.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,900 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 1932: 15.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per second Aug 14, 1940: 26.50 ft, minor flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per second May 16, 1942: 12.96 ft, action stage; 4,120 cubic feet per second Oct 15, 1942: 16.12 ft, minor flooding; 6,240 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 1944: 23.90 ft, minor flooding; 15,800 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 1945: 19.80 ft, minor flooding; 9,760 cubic feet per second May 4, 1946: 9.40 ft, below flood stage; 2,440 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1947: 9.38 ft, below flood stage; 2,440 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1948: 13.25 ft, action stage; 4,240 cubic feet per second Dec 4, 1948: 17.34 ft, minor flooding; 7,270 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 1950: 11.68 ft, below flood stage; 3,520 cubic feet per second Dec 21, 1951: 15.48 ft, minor flooding; 5,760 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1953: 7.86 ft, below flood stage; 1,800 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1954: 14.36 ft, action stage; 4,970 cubic feet per second Aug 14, 1955: 12.65 ft, action stage; 3,910 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1956: 8.83 ft, below flood stage; 2,180 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 1957: 10.16 ft, below flood stage; 2,790 cubic feet per second Nov 19, 1957: 12.32 ft, action stage; 3,760 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 1958: 9.84 ft, below flood stage; 2,610 cubic feet per second May 8, 1960: 14.19 ft, action stage; 4,840 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1961: 10.75 ft, below flood stage; 3,060 cubic feet per second Jun 13, 1962: 15.98 ft, minor flooding; 6,160 cubic feet per second Nov 10, 1962: 10.64 ft, below flood stage; 2,970 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1964: 7.49 ft, below flood stage; 1,630 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1965: 13.70 ft, action stage; 4,540 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1966: 12.61 ft, action stage; 3,910 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1966: 10.21 ft, below flood stage; 2,790 cubic feet per second May 27, 1968: 8.35 ft, below flood stage; 1,990 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1969: 12.23 ft, action stage; 3,720 cubic feet per second Aug 10, 1970: 6.08 ft, below flood stage; 1,070 cubic feet per second May 13, 1971: 18.83 ft, minor flooding; 8,730 cubic feet per second Jun 22, 1972: 29.21 ft, minor flooding; 32,600 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 1972: 16.23 ft, minor flooding; 6,340 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 1974: 15.70 ft, minor flooding; 5,920 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 1975: 22.08 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1976: 13.00 ft, action stage; 4,120 cubic feet per second Oct 20, 1976: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 3,290 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 1978: 20.12 ft, minor flooding; 10,100 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1979: 20.55 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 1980: 12.03 ft, action stage; 3,640 cubic feet per second Jun 7, 1981: 10.48 ft, below flood stage; 2,910 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1982: 13.41 ft, action stage; 4,380 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1983: 13.78 ft, action stage; 4,600 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1984: 17.54 ft, minor flooding; 7,500 cubic feet per second Aug 18, 1985: 18.14 ft, minor flooding; 8,060 cubic feet per second Nov 4, 1985: 19.17 ft, minor flooding; 9,160 cubic feet per second Sep 8, 1987: 28.53 ft, minor flooding; 29,800 cubic feet per second Dec 11, 1987: 7.74 ft, below flood stage; 1,730 cubic feet per second May 6, 1989: 15.13 ft, minor flooding; 5,520 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1990: 16.15 ft, minor flooding; 6,290 cubic feet per second Oct 23, 1990: 17.96 ft, minor flooding; 7,890 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1992: 11.44 ft, below flood stage; 3,350 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1993: 21.01 ft, minor flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 1993: 15.31 ft, minor flooding; 5,650 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1994: 12.50 ft, action stage; 3,500 cubic feet per second Jun 6, 1995: 12.28 ft, action stage; 3,780 cubic feet per second Sep 6, 1996: 36.14 ft, minor flooding; 62,800 cubic feet per second Dec 1, 1996: 10.66 ft, below flood stage; 2,980 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1998: 16.36 ft, minor flooding; 6,470 cubic feet per second Sep 30, 1999: 13.81 ft, action stage; 4,620 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 2000: 7.58 ft, below flood stage; 1,660 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 2001: 9.81 ft, below flood stage; 2,600 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 2002: 5.58 ft, below flood stage; 888 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2003: 17.82 ft, minor flooding; 7,760 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2004: 10.85 ft, below flood stage; 3,070 cubic feet per second Sep 5, 2006: 14.66 ft, action stage; 5,190 cubic feet per second Nov 23, 2006: 11.46 ft, below flood stage Mar 16, 2007: 14.59 ft, action stage; 5,140 cubic feet per second Sep 6, 2008: 11.87 ft, below flood stage; 3,558 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 2009: 13.36 ft, action stage; 4,360 cubic feet per second Dec 14, 2009: 13.37 ft, action stage; 4,362 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2010: 15.20 ft, minor flooding; 5,572 cubic feet per second Sep 30, 2010: 12.93 ft, action stage; 4,120 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2012: 14.42 ft, action stage; 5,030 cubic feet per second Jan 18, 2013: 10.17 ft, below flood stage; 2,760 cubic feet per second May 16, 2014: 11.60 ft, below flood stage; 3,420 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2018: 13.38 ft, action stage; 4,372 cubic feet per second May 19, 2018: 15.97 ft, minor flooding; 6,150 cubic feet per second Oct 12, 2018: 14.45 ft, action stage; 5,050 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2020: 15.78 ft, minor flooding; 5,990 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 2020: 16.86 ft, minor flooding; 6,900 cubic feet per second Sep 26, 2020: 16.10 ft, minor flooding; 6,250 cubic feet per second Oct 30, 2020: 20.39 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 2020: 27.97 ft, minor flooding; 19,700 cubic feet per second Nov 30, 2020: 15.66 ft, minor flooding; 5,480 cubic feet per second Dec 5, 2020: 12.35 ft, action stage; 3,750 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 2020: 11.42 ft, below flood stage; 3,440 cubic feet per second Jul 16, 2023: 18.32 ft, minor flooding; 7,270 cubic feet per second Jan 10, 2024: 18.90 ft, minor flooding; 7,700 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2024: 12.40 ft, action stage; 3,770 cubic feet per second Aug 4, 2024: 13.08 ft, action stage; 4,080 cubic feet per second Oct 1, 2024: 19.82 ft, minor flooding; 8,460 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2025: 16.60 ft, minor flooding; 6,070 cubic feet per second Highest, 36.14 ft, Sep 6, 1996 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Falling River near Naruna 1920s: 0 1930s: 2 1940s: 5 1950s: 1 1960s: 1 1970s: 7 1980s: 5 1990s: 6 2000s: 1 2010s: 2 2020s: 10 10 1920s 1930s 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. 05 Other gauges in Campbell County Campbell County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FLRV2, 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.