Gauley River at Camden-On-Gauley

Highest listed crest 29.75 ftFlood stage 19.0 ft2 crests since 2016

The Gauley River at Camden-On-Gauley crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2016 to 2025. The highest, 29.75 ft on June 24, 2016, was major flooding, 10.75 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Gauley River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 29.75 ft; June 24, 2016; 71,700 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 19.0 ft; Major flooding from 25.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 40th of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest: June 24, 2016; 29.75 ft, major flooding
Location: Webster County; West Virginia
Identifiers: NWS COGW2; USGS 03187000

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Gauley River at Camden-On-Gauley

Action stage	17.0	1	Feb 6, 2025	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	19.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	23.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	25.0	1	Jun 24, 2016	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2016 to 2025. 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.
20 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 21.70 ft on Dec 15, 1901; 27.38 ft on Jul 4, 1932; 17.76 ft on Feb 3, 1939; 18.18 ft on Jun 27, 1940; 19.42 ft on Jul 19, 1954; 18.63 ft on Mar 5, 1955; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Gauley River at Camden-On-Gauley

1	Jun 24, 2016	29.75	+10.75	Major	71,700
2	Feb 6, 2025	18.45	−0.55	Action	—

The worst floods along the Gauley River

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

June 24, 2016: 29.75 ft here, major flooding

CraigsvilleWV · Jun 24, 2016 · 29.04 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Gauley River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Gauley River

Camden-On-Gauley this gauge	WV	19.0	29.75 ft, Jun 24, 2016	1
Craigsville	WV	24.0	29.04 ft, Jun 24, 2016	1
Belva	WV	20.0	28.60 ft, Jul 5, 1932	1

Other gauges in Webster County

Flood gauges in Webster County

Clifton Ford near Big Run	13.0	26.34 ft, Sep 1, 1861	2
Guardian	11.0	14.50 ft, Jul 16, 1979	0
Dyer	10.5	20.78 ft, Jun 24, 2016	7

Webster County: every hazard · River floods across the country · West Virginia

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge COGW2, 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.