Russell Fork River below Clinchco
Highest listed crest 13.50 ftFlood stage 13.5 ft2 crests since 2013
The Russell Fork River below Clinchco crested above flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2013 to 2020. The highest, 13.50 ft on August 16, 2020, was minor flooding.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 13.50 ft
- August 16, 2020
- Flood stage
- 13.5 ft
- Major flooding from 24.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- August 16, 2020
- 13.50 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 | 12.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 13.5 | 1 | Aug 16, 2020 |
| Moderate flood stage | 18.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 24.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
2 crests from 2013 to 2020. 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 | Aug 16, 2020 | 13.50 | 0.00 | Minor |
| 2 | Jan 31, 2013 | 8.70 | −4.80 | Below flood stage |
Gauges on the Russell Fork River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
Other gauges in Dickenson County
Dickenson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLCV2, 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.