Meadow River at Nallen

Highest listed crest 24.78 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft9 crests since 2013

The Meadow River at Nallen crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2013 to 2022. The highest, 24.78 ft on June 23, 2016, was major flooding, 9.78 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Meadow River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 24.78 ft; June 23, 2016; 39,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 15.0 ft; Major flooding from 20.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 40th of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest: July 27, 2022; 17.37 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Nicholas County; West Virginia
Identifiers: NWS NALW2; USGS 03190000

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Meadow River at Nallen

Action stage	12.0	6	Feb 11, 2020	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	15.0	1	Mar 1, 2021	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	17.0	1	Jul 27, 2022	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	20.0	1	Jun 23, 2016	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

9 crests from 2013 to 2022. 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.
31 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 13.30 ft on Jan 30, 1911; 12.64 ft on Mar 16, 1912; 13.25 ft on Feb 3, 1915; 12.03 ft on Feb 28, 1929; 14.50 ft on Oct 2, 1929; 14.68 ft on Jun 28, 1932; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Meadow River at Nallen

1	Jun 23, 2016	24.78	+9.78	Major	39,300
2	Jul 27, 2022	17.37	+2.37	Moderate	12,700
3	Mar 1, 2021	16.27	+1.27	Minor	11,200
4	Mar 11, 2015	14.31	−0.69	Action	8,280
5	Jan 31, 2013	13.52	−1.48	Action	6,150
6	Feb 12, 2018	12.91	−2.09	Action	—
7	Feb 11, 2020	12.64	−2.36	Action	—
8	May 6, 2018	12.30	−2.70	Action	—
9	Feb 3, 2014	12.16	−2.84	Action	4,880

The worst floods along the Meadow River

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

June 23, 2016: 24.78 ft here, major flooding

Hines IFLOWS SGWV · Jun 23, 2016 · 18.80 ft · Major · its highest

March 1, 2021: 16.27 ft here, minor flooding

Hines IFLOWS SGWV · Mar 1, 2021 · 16.69 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Meadow River

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

Flood gauges on the Meadow River

Hines IFLOWS SG	WV	14.0	18.80 ft, Jun 23, 2016	1
Nallen this gauge	WV	15.0	24.78 ft, Jun 23, 2016	1

Other gauges in Nicholas County

Flood gauges in Nicholas County

Belva	20.0	28.60 ft, Jul 5, 1932	1
Craigsville	24.0	29.04 ft, Jun 24, 2016	1

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NALW2, 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.