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Little Kanawha River at Glenville

Highest listed crest 29.70 ftFlood stage 23.0 ft6 crests since 1918

The Little Kanawha River at Glenville crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1918 to 2025. The highest, 29.70 ft on May 26, 1918, was major flooding, 6.70 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
29.70 ft
May 26, 1918
Flood stage
23.0 ft
Major flooding from 28.0 ft
Crests at major
1
40th of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest
February 6, 2025
24.98 ft, minor flooding
Location
Gilmer 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, Little Kanawha River at Glenville
Action stage21.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)23.04Feb 6, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage26.01May 7, 2022Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage28.01May 26, 1918Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 1918 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Little Kanawha River at Glenville, 1918 to 2025 2224262830ft Flood stage 23.0 ftMajor 28.0 ft May 26, 1918: 29.70 ft, major floodingFeb 4, 2022: 24.03 ft, minor flooding; 9,524 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2022: 26.48 ft, moderate flooding; 11,565 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 2024: 25.09 ft, minor flooding; 9,038 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 2025: 24.63 ft, minor flooding; 8,618 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 2025: 24.98 ft, minor flooding; 8,938 cubic feet per second Highest, 29.70 ft, May 26, 1918 192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Little Kanawha River at Glenville 1910s: 1 1920s: 0 1930s: 0 1940s: 0 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 0 2020s: 5 5 1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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. 80 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 29.50 ft on Mar 27, 1913; 25.50 ft on Nov 16, 1914; 24.00 ft on Oct 2, 1915; 28.20 ft on Jan 12, 1916; 28.50 ft on Jan 28, 1917; 32.90 ft on Mar 14, 1918; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Little Kanawha River at Glenville
1May 26, 191829.70+6.70Major—
2May 7, 202226.48+3.48Moderate11,565
3Apr 12, 202425.09+2.09Minor9,038
4Feb 6, 202524.98+1.98Minor8,938
5Feb 1, 202524.63+1.63Minor8,618
6Feb 4, 202224.03+1.03Minor9,524

Gauges on the Little Kanawha River

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

Flood gauges on the Little Kanawha River
BurnsvilleWV13.016.32 ft, Jun 2, 19740
Glenville this gaugeWV23.029.70 ft, May 26, 19181
ElizabethWV36.040.04 ft, Mar 3, 19970

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GLEW2, 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.