Greenbrier River at Durbin

Highest listed crest 7.88 ftFlood stage 7.0 ft2 crests since 2021

The Greenbrier River at Durbin crested above flood stage 2 times among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2021 to 2025. The highest, 7.88 ft on February 6, 2025, was minor flooding, 0.88 feet above flood stage. 3 other gauges on the Greenbrier River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 7.88 ft; February 6, 2025; 9,157 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 7.0 ft; Major flooding from 15.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 2 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: February 6, 2025; 7.88 ft, minor flooding
Location: Pocahontas County; West Virginia
Identifiers: NWS DRBW2; USGS 03180500

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 Durbin

Action stage	6.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	7.0	2	Feb 6, 2025	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	10.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	15.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

2 crests from 2021 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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.
35 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 6.49 ft on Feb 23, 1944; 6.42 ft on Jan 7, 1946; 6.07 ft on Dec 7, 1950; 6.21 ft on Feb 21, 1953; 8.38 ft on Oct 15, 1954; 9.20 ft on Feb 2, 1956; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Greenbrier River at Durbin

1	Feb 6, 2025	7.88	+0.88	Minor	9,157
2	Mar 1, 2021	7.20	+0.20	Minor	7,505

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.

February 6, 2025: 7.88 ft here, minor flooding

RonceverteWV · Feb 7, 2025 · 16.11 ft · Minor
AldersonWV · Feb 7, 2025 · 15.31 ft · Minor
MarlintonWV · Feb 7, 2025 · 11.80 ft · Minor

March 1, 2021: 7.20 ft here, minor flooding

AldersonWV · Mar 2, 2021 · 17.53 ft · Moderate
MarlintonWV · Mar 1, 2021 · 12.38 ft · Moderate
HilldaleWV · Mar 2, 2021 · 21.34 ft · Minor
RonceverteWV · Mar 1, 2021 · 18.43 ft · Minor
RenickWV · Mar 1, 2021 · 17.64 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

Alderson	WV	14.0	24.33 ft, Jan 20, 1996	6
Buckeye	WV	15.0	23.20 ft, Nov 5, 1985	0
Durbin this gauge	WV	7.0	7.88 ft, Feb 6, 2025	0
Hilldale	WV	20.0	26.88 ft, Jan 20, 1996	1
Marlinton	WV	10.0	20.20 ft, Nov 5, 1985	2
Renick	WV	17.0	29.00 ft, Nov 5, 1985	2
Ronceverte	WV	15.0	23.20 ft, Jun 24, 2016	0

Other gauges in Pocahontas County

Flood gauges in Pocahontas County

Buckeye	15.0	23.20 ft, Nov 5, 1985	0
Marlinton	10.0	20.20 ft, Nov 5, 1985	2
Huntersville	9.0	18.43 ft, Nov 5, 1985	1

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DRBW2, 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.