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Greenbrier River at Buckeye

Highest listed crest 23.20 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft89 crests since 1929

The Greenbrier River at Buckeye crested above flood stage 19 times among the 89 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1929 to 2025. The highest, 23.20 ft on November 5, 1985, was moderate flooding, 8.20 feet above flood stage. 4 other gauges on the Greenbrier River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 2 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
23.20 ft
November 5, 1985; 82,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
15.0 ft
Major flooding from 26.5 ft
Crests at major
0
19 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
January 25, 2010
16.75 ft, minor flooding
Location
Pocahontas County
West Virginia

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Greenbrier River at Buckeye
Action stage12.033Feb 6, 2025The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)15.017Jan 25, 2010Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage18.02Jan 19, 1996Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage26.50—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

89 crests from 1929 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Greenbrier River at Buckeye, 1929 to 2025 51015202530ft Flood stage 15.0 ftMajor 26.5 ft Nov 18, 1929: 11.70 ft, below flood stage; 17,200 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1931: 9.00 ft, below flood stage; 9,540 cubic feet per secondFeb 5, 1932: 17.50 ft, minor flooding; 41,500 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1933: 8.80 ft, below flood stage; 8,920 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1934: 10.43 ft, below flood stage; 13,300 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 1935: 11.80 ft, below flood stage; 17,600 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1936: 15.70 ft, minor flooding; 32,800 cubic feet per secondJan 20, 1937: 12.00 ft, action stage; 18,300 cubic feet per secondOct 28, 1937: 11.40 ft, below flood stage; 16,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 1939: 14.30 ft, action stage; 26,800 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 1940: 10.03 ft, below flood stage; 12,200 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 1941: 7.24 ft, below flood stage; 5,630 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1942: 13.70 ft, action stage; 24,400 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1942: 11.86 ft, below flood stage; 18,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 1944: 11.41 ft, below flood stage; 16,300 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 1944: 9.70 ft, below flood stage; 11,400 cubic feet per secondJan 7, 1946: 12.45 ft, action stage; 19,700 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1947: 10.02 ft, below flood stage; 12,200 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 1948: 14.19 ft, action stage; 26,400 cubic feet per secondDec 15, 1948: 10.80 ft, below flood stage; 14,500 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 1950: 11.20 ft, below flood stage; 14,700 cubic feet per secondDec 8, 1950: 12.54 ft, action stage; 19,000 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1952: 12.01 ft, action stage; 17,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 1953: 14.57 ft, action stage; 27,200 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 1954: 13.06 ft, action stage; 20,700 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 1954: 15.07 ft, minor flooding; 27,300 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1956: 9.36 ft, below flood stage; 9,900 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 1957: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 15,100 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 1958: 11.37 ft, below flood stage; 15,400 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1959: 11.20 ft, below flood stage; 14,800 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1960: 12.85 ft, action stage; 19,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 1961: 12.32 ft, action stage; 18,200 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1962: 11.33 ft, below flood stage; 15,100 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1963: 12.50 ft, action stage; 18,800 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1964: 14.33 ft, action stage; 24,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 7, 1965: 11.10 ft, below flood stage; 14,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 1966: 11.37 ft, below flood stage; 15,300 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1967: 17.40 ft, minor flooding; 38,700 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 1968: 10.73 ft, below flood stage; 13,400 cubic feet per secondAug 20, 1969: 11.26 ft, below flood stage; 15,000 cubic feet per secondDec 31, 1969: 13.81 ft, action stage; 23,200 cubic feet per secondDec 22, 1970: 11.47 ft, below flood stage; 15,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 1972: 13.43 ft, action stage; 21,900 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 1972: 11.17 ft, below flood stage; 14,700 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 1973: 16.01 ft, minor flooding; 32,400 cubic feet per secondMay 12, 1974: 11.80 ft, below flood stageJun 2, 1974: 14.70 ft, action stageDec 26, 1974: 16.01 ft, minor floodingMar 19, 1975: 9.91 ft, below flood stage; 11,200 cubic feet per secondOct 18, 1975: 12.16 ft, action stage; 17,700 cubic feet per secondOct 9, 1976: 16.54 ft, minor flooding; 34,800 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1978: 15.54 ft, minor floodingMar 26, 1978: 15.15 ft, minor flooding; 28,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 1979: 11.62 ft, below flood stage; 16,100 cubic feet per secondMay 21, 1980: 10.60 ft, below flood stage; 13,100 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1981: 10.49 ft, below flood stage; 12,800 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1982: 15.49 ft, minor flooding; 30,100 cubic feet per secondNov 29, 1982: 10.81 ft, below flood stage; 13,700 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1984: 14.69 ft, action stage; 26,700 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1985: 10.06 ft, below flood stage; 11,400 cubic feet per secondNov 5, 1985: 23.20 ft, moderate flooding; 82,000 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 1987: 11.23 ft, below flood stage; 14,900 cubic feet per secondJan 20, 1988: 10.96 ft, below flood stage; 14,100 cubic feet per secondMar 26, 1989: 15.52 ft, minor floodingApr 26, 1989: 15.79 ft, minor flooding; 31,400 cubic feet per secondDec 31, 1989: 10.96 ft, below flood stage; 14,100 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1991: 13.60 ft, action stage; 22,600 cubic feet per secondDec 3, 1991: 12.43 ft, action stage; 18,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1992: 12.20 ft, action stageDec 17, 1992: 10.21 ft, below flood stageMar 24, 1993: 13.02 ft, action stageFeb 9, 1994: 14.88 ft, action stage; 27,400 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1994: 14.64 ft, action stage; 26,500 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 1995: 14.16 ft, action stageJan 19, 1996: 21.03 ft, moderate floodingMay 17, 1996: 17.40 ft, minor floodingApr 22, 2002: 13.36 ft, action stage; 21,780 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2002: 13.98 ft, action stage; 23,840 cubic feet per secondNov 20, 2003: 15.91 ft, minor flooding; 31,900 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 2007: 15.87 ft, minor flooding; 31,578 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 2008: 15.25 ft, minor flooding; 28,944 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 2010: 16.75 ft, minor flooding; 35,546 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 2011: 13.67 ft, action stage; 22,700 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 2012: 12.40 ft, action stage; 18,400 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 2013: 14.37 ft, action stage; 25,300 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 2015: 10.72 ft, below flood stage; 22,890 cubic feet per secondJun 24, 2016: 14.43 ft, action stage; 21,529 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 2021: 14.41 ft, action stage; 30,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 2025: 13.53 ft, action stage Highest, 23.20 ft, Nov 5, 1985 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Greenbrier River at Buckeye 1920s: 0 1930s: 2 1940s: 0 1950s: 1 1960s: 1 1970s: 5 5 1980s: 4 1990s: 2 2000s: 3 2010s: 1 2020s: 0 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 6 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 24.00 ft on Nov 25, 1877; 20.00 ft on Jun 21, 1899; 12.65 ft on Jun 17, 1910; 13.20 ft on Jan 30, 1911; 14.20 ft on Mar 27, 1913; 13.95 ft on Jan 7, 1915.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 89 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Greenbrier River at Buckeye
1Nov 5, 198523.20+8.20Moderate82,000
2Jan 19, 199621.03+6.03Moderate—
3Feb 5, 193217.50+2.50Minor41,500
4Mar 7, 196717.40+2.40Minor38,700
5May 17, 199617.40+2.40Minor—
6Jan 25, 201016.75+1.75Minor35,546
7Oct 9, 197616.54+1.54Minor34,800
8Dec 26, 197316.01+1.01Minor32,400
9Dec 26, 197416.01+1.01Minor—
10Nov 20, 200315.91+0.91Minor31,900
11Mar 2, 200715.87+0.87Minor31,578
12Apr 26, 198915.79+0.79Minor31,400
13Mar 17, 193615.70+0.70Minor32,800
14Jan 26, 197815.54+0.54Minor—
15Mar 26, 198915.52+0.52Minor—
16Mar 20, 198215.49+0.49Minor30,100
17Mar 5, 200815.25+0.25Minor28,944
18Mar 26, 197815.15+0.15Minor28,600
19Oct 16, 195415.07+0.07Minor27,300
20Feb 9, 199414.88−0.12Action27,400
21Jun 2, 197414.70−0.30Action—
22Feb 14, 198414.69−0.31Action26,700
23May 8, 199414.64−0.36Action26,500
24Feb 21, 195314.57−0.43Action27,200
25Jun 24, 201614.43−0.57Action21,529
26Mar 1, 202114.41−0.59Action30,100
27Jan 31, 201314.37−0.63Action25,300
28Mar 5, 196414.33−0.67Action24,800
29Feb 4, 193914.30−0.70Action26,800
30Apr 14, 194814.19−0.81Action26,400
31Jan 15, 199514.16−0.84Action—
32Apr 28, 200213.98−1.02Action23,840
33Dec 31, 196913.81−1.19Action23,200
34May 16, 194213.70−1.30Action24,400
35Apr 13, 201113.67−1.33Action22,700
36Mar 23, 199113.60−1.40Action22,600
37Feb 6, 202513.53−1.47Action—
38Feb 26, 197213.43−1.57Action21,900
39Apr 22, 200213.36−1.64Action21,780
40Jul 15, 195413.06−1.94Action20,700
41Mar 24, 199313.02−1.98Action—
42Apr 4, 196012.85−2.15Action19,800
43Dec 8, 195012.54−2.46Action19,000
44Mar 20, 196312.50−2.50Action18,800
45Jan 7, 194612.45−2.55Action19,700
46Dec 3, 199112.43−2.57Action18,600
47Mar 1, 201212.40−2.60Action18,400
48Feb 25, 196112.32−2.68Action18,200
49Feb 22, 199212.20−2.80Action—
50Oct 18, 197512.16−2.84Action17,700

The worst floods along the Greenbrier River

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

November 5, 1985: 23.20 ft here, moderate flooding

  • RenickWV · Nov 5, 1985 · 29.00 ft · Major · its highest
  • AldersonWV · Nov 5, 1985 · 23.95 ft · Major
  • MarlintonWV · Nov 5, 1985 · 20.20 ft · Major · its highest
  • HilldaleWV · Nov 6, 1985 · 25.68 ft · Moderate

January 19, 1996: 21.03 ft here, moderate flooding

  • HilldaleWV · Jan 20, 1996 · 26.88 ft · Major · its highest
  • AldersonWV · Jan 20, 1996 · 24.33 ft · Major · its highest
  • RenickWV · Jan 19, 1996 · 23.70 ft · Major
  • MarlintonWV · Jan 19, 1996 · 18.03 ft · Major

March 7, 1967: 17.40 ft here, minor flooding

  • AldersonWV · Mar 7, 1967 · 19.90 ft · Major
  • HilldaleWV · Mar 8, 1967 · 22.66 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Greenbrier River

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

Flood gauges on the Greenbrier River
AldersonWV14.024.33 ft, Jan 20, 19966
Buckeye this gaugeWV15.023.20 ft, Nov 5, 19850
DurbinWV7.07.88 ft, Feb 6, 20250
HilldaleWV20.026.88 ft, Jan 20, 19961
MarlintonWV10.020.20 ft, Nov 5, 19852
RenickWV17.029.00 ft, Nov 5, 19852
RonceverteWV15.023.20 ft, Jun 24, 20160

Other gauges in Pocahontas County

Flood gauges in Pocahontas County
Durbin7.07.88 ft, Feb 6, 20250
Marlinton10.020.20 ft, Nov 5, 19852
Huntersville9.018.43 ft, Nov 5, 19851

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BUCW2, 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.