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Ohio River at Point Pleasant

Highest listed crest 62.80 ftFlood stage 40.0 ft132 crests since 1884

The Ohio River at Point Pleasant crested at major flood stage 25 times among the 132 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1884 to 2025. The highest, 62.80 ft on March 30, 1913, was major flooding, 22.80 feet above flood stage. 20 other gauges on the Ohio River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 4 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
62.80 ft
March 30, 1913
Flood stage
40.0 ft
Major flooding from 48.0 ft
Crests at major
25
2nd of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest
February 18, 2025
42.58 ft, minor flooding
Location
Mason 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, Ohio River at Point Pleasant
Action stage38.04Feb 9, 2008The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)40.070Feb 18, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage44.033Apr 6, 2024Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage48.025Mar 4, 1997Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

132 crests from 1884 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, 1884 to 2025 3040506070ft Flood stage 40.0 ftMajor 48.0 ft Feb 11, 1884: 60.70 ft, major floodingJan 4, 1891: 43.80 ft, minor floodingFeb 23, 1891: 50.00 ft, major floodingFeb 19, 1893: 45.50 ft, moderate floodingMay 6, 1893: 40.30 ft, minor floodingJan 12, 1895: 44.50 ft, moderate floodingFeb 25, 1897: 52.30 ft, major floodingMar 27, 1898: 51.20 ft, major floodingMar 7, 1899: 47.20 ft, moderate floodingApr 24, 1901: 53.00 ft, major floodingMar 3, 1902: 46.30 ft, moderate floodingFeb 7, 1903: 41.00 ft, minor floodingMar 4, 1903: 45.00 ft, moderate floodingJan 27, 1904: 42.10 ft, minor floodingMar 7, 1904: 40.80 ft, minor floodingJan 19, 1907: 52.00 ft, major floodingMar 18, 1907: 54.80 ft, major floodingFeb 19, 1908: 45.70 ft, moderate floodingMar 10, 1908: 43.70 ft, minor floodingApr 3, 1908: 41.10 ft, minor floodingFeb 27, 1909: 42.60 ft, minor floodingMay 4, 1909: 40.10 ft, minor floodingJan 23, 1910: 41.50 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 1910: 44.80 ft, moderate floodingFeb 1, 1911: 45.40 ft, moderate floodingMar 25, 1912: 43.10 ft, minor floodingApr 5, 1912: 40.90 ft, minor floodingJan 13, 1913: 50.40 ft, major floodingMar 30, 1913: 62.80 ft, major floodingNov 18, 1913: 42.70 ft, minor floodingFeb 5, 1915: 49.80 ft, major floodingMar 31, 1916: 43.00 ft, minor floodingMar 15, 1917: 47.30 ft, moderate floodingMar 15, 1918: 46.90 ft, moderate floodingJan 4, 1919: 45.00 ft, moderate floodingMar 21, 1920: 45.00 ft, moderate floodingNov 30, 1921: 43.50 ft, minor floodingDec 25, 1921: 43.90 ft, minor floodingJan 5, 1924: 45.90 ft, moderate floodingMar 2, 1924: 45.40 ft, moderate floodingMar 31, 1924: 43.00 ft, minor floodingJan 26, 1927: 50.00 ft, major floodingDec 19, 1927: 45.30 ft, moderate floodingMar 2, 1929: 44.20 ft, moderate floodingMar 22, 1933: 50.90 ft, major floodingMar 7, 1934: 40.00 ft, minor floodingMar 14, 1935: 43.60 ft, minor floodingMar 22, 1936: 54.40 ft, major floodingApr 8, 1936: 42.20 ft, minor floodingJan 27, 1937: 62.70 ft, major floodingApr 30, 1937: 41.70 ft, minor floodingFeb 5, 1939: 49.10 ft, major floodingApr 18, 1939: 43.80 ft, minor floodingApr 22, 1940: 51.38 ft, major flooding; 473,000 cubic feet per secondJan 2, 1943: 54.70 ft, major floodingMar 21, 1943: 43.60 ft, minor floodingApr 21, 1943: 41.50 ft, minor floodingMar 9, 1945: 52.78 ft, major flooding; 448,000 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1945: 40.50 ft, minor floodingJan 9, 1946: 39.06 ft, action stage; 314,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 1948: 43.70 ft, minor floodingApr 16, 1948: 55.00 ft, major flooding; 487,000 cubic feet per secondDec 18, 1948: 40.00 ft, minor floodingJan 29, 1949: 41.90 ft, minor flooding; 365,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 3, 1950: 47.46 ft, moderate flooding; 407,000 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 1950: 47.06 ft, moderate flooding; 431,000 cubic feet per secondJan 29, 1952: 48.62 ft, major flooding; 436,000 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1955: 51.87 ft, major flooding; 502,000 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1956: 40.95 ft, minor flooding; 353,000 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1956: 40.73 ft, minor floodingApr 10, 1957: 39.02 ft, action stage; 329,000 cubic feet per secondMay 9, 1958: 46.61 ft, moderate flooding; 405,000 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1959: 43.88 ft, minor floodingApr 2, 1960: 40.21 ft, minor flooding; 365,000 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1961: 41.12 ft, minor flooding; 330,000 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1962: 44.16 ft, moderate floodingMar 8, 1963: 49.11 ft, major floodingMar 21, 1963: 47.09 ft, moderate floodingMar 13, 1964: 48.87 ft, major flooding; 464,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 1965: 44.71 ft, moderate flooding; 419,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 1966: 44.71 ft, moderate flooding; 419,000 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1968: 41.48 ft, minor flooding; 365,000 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1972: 40.95 ft, minor flooding; 385,000 cubic feet per secondDec 11, 1972: 42.93 ft, minor flooding; 388,000 cubic feet per secondJan 28, 1977: 43.31 ft, minor floodingApr 5, 1977: 42.25 ft, minor flooding; 418,000 cubic feet per secondJan 28, 1978: 43.31 ft, minor floodingFeb 27, 1979: 48.06 ft, major floodingDec 1, 1985: 42.15 ft, minor floodingApr 9, 1987: 39.79 ft, action stageDec 21, 1990: 40.73 ft, minor floodingJan 2, 1991: 46.30 ft, moderate floodingMar 6, 1993: 42.78 ft, minor floodingJan 30, 1994: 46.00 ft, moderate floodingFeb 12, 1994: 40.50 ft, minor floodingJan 21, 1996: 47.60 ft, moderate floodingMay 18, 1996: 40.70 ft, minor floodingMar 4, 1997: 50.04 ft, major floodingJan 11, 1998: 41.52 ft, minor floodingJun 29, 1998: 41.65 ft, minor floodingFeb 21, 2000: 42.15 ft, minor floodingFeb 24, 2003: 40.96 ft, minor floodingNov 21, 2003: 43.45 ft, minor floodingJan 7, 2004: 43.79 ft, minor floodingApr 15, 2004: 40.90 ft, minor floodingSep 21, 2004: 44.64 ft, moderate floodingJan 8, 2005: 44.70 ft, moderate floodingJan 17, 2005: 40.64 ft, minor floodingMar 18, 2007: 41.46 ft, minor floodingFeb 9, 2008: 39.51 ft, action stageMar 7, 2008: 41.29 ft, minor floodingJan 28, 2010: 41.17 ft, minor floodingMar 15, 2010: 43.61 ft, minor floodingMar 12, 2011: 46.15 ft, moderate floodingFeb 2, 2013: 40.63 ft, minor floodingMar 6, 2015: 44.56 ft, moderate floodingMar 13, 2015: 42.85 ft, minor floodingApr 12, 2015: 40.96 ft, minor floodingFeb 19, 2018: 47.50 ft, moderate floodingFeb 26, 2018: 40.30 ft, minor floodingApr 6, 2018: 41.67 ft, minor floodingApr 18, 2018: 42.06 ft, minor floodingDec 23, 2018: 42.32 ft, minor floodingFeb 14, 2019: 40.30 ft, minor floodingFeb 25, 2019: 40.43 ft, minor floodingFeb 14, 2020: 43.75 ft, minor floodingMar 3, 2021: 46.23 ft, moderate floodingFeb 27, 2022: 40.47 ft, minor floodingMay 9, 2022: 40.70 ft, minor floodingApr 6, 2024: 44.69 ft, moderate floodingApr 15, 2024: 43.76 ft, minor floodingFeb 18, 2025: 42.58 ft, minor flooding Highest, 62.80 ft, Mar 30, 1913 1900192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Ohio River at Point Pleasant 1880s: 1 1890s: 8 1900s: 13 1910s: 13 1920s: 9 1930s: 9 1940s: 10 1950s: 8 1960s: 9 1970s: 6 1980s: 1 1990s: 10 2000s: 10 2010s: 14 14 2020s: 7 1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s
  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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 132 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Ohio River at Point Pleasant
1Mar 30, 191362.80+22.80Major—
2Jan 27, 193762.70+22.70Major—
3Feb 11, 188460.70+20.70Major—
4Apr 16, 194855.00+15.00Major487,000
5Mar 18, 190754.80+14.80Major—
6Jan 2, 194354.70+14.70Major—
7Mar 22, 193654.40+14.40Major—
8Apr 24, 190153.00+13.00Major—
9Mar 9, 194552.78+12.78Major448,000
10Feb 25, 189752.30+12.30Major—
11Jan 19, 190752.00+12.00Major—
12Mar 7, 195551.87+11.87Major502,000
13Apr 22, 194051.38+11.38Major473,000
14Mar 27, 189851.20+11.20Major—
15Mar 22, 193350.90+10.90Major—
16Jan 13, 191350.40+10.40Major—
17Mar 4, 199750.04+10.04Major—
18Feb 23, 189150.00+10.00Major—
19Jan 26, 192750.00+10.00Major—
20Feb 5, 191549.80+9.80Major—
21Mar 8, 196349.11+9.11Major—
22Feb 5, 193949.10+9.10Major—
23Mar 13, 196448.87+8.87Major464,000
24Jan 29, 195248.62+8.62Major436,000
25Feb 27, 197948.06+8.06Major—
26Jan 21, 199647.60+7.60Moderate—
27Feb 19, 201847.50+7.50Moderate—
28Feb 3, 195047.46+7.46Moderate407,000
29Mar 15, 191747.30+7.30Moderate—
30Mar 7, 189947.20+7.20Moderate—
31Mar 21, 196347.09+7.09Moderate—
32Dec 9, 195047.06+7.06Moderate431,000
33Mar 15, 191846.90+6.90Moderate—
34May 9, 195846.61+6.61Moderate405,000
35Mar 3, 190246.30+6.30Moderate—
36Jan 2, 199146.30+6.30Moderate—
37Mar 3, 202146.23+6.23Moderate—
38Mar 12, 201146.15+6.15Moderate—
39Jan 30, 199446.00+6.00Moderate—
40Jan 5, 192445.90+5.90Moderate—
41Feb 19, 190845.70+5.70Moderate—
42Feb 19, 189345.50+5.50Moderate—
43Feb 1, 191145.40+5.40Moderate—
44Mar 2, 192445.40+5.40Moderate—
45Dec 19, 192745.30+5.30Moderate—
46Mar 4, 190345.00+5.00Moderate—
47Jan 4, 191945.00+5.00Moderate—
48Mar 21, 192045.00+5.00Moderate—
49Mar 5, 191044.80+4.80Moderate—
50Feb 16, 196544.71+4.71Moderate419,000

The worst floods along the Ohio River

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

March 30, 1913: 62.80 ft here, major flooding

January 27, 1937: 62.70 ft here, major flooding

  • Clifty CreekIN · Jan 27, 1937 · 475.90 ft · Major · its highest
  • McAlpine LowerKY · Jan 27, 1937 · 85.44 ft · Major · its highest
  • Markland LowerKY · Jan 26, 1937 · 76.10 ft · Major · its highest
  • Meldahl DamOH · Jan 26, 1937 · 76.00 ft · Major · its highest
  • MaysvilleKY · Jan 27, 1937 · 75.60 ft · Major · its highest
  • AshlandKY · Jan 27, 1937 · 74.21 ft · Major · its highest
  • R C Byrd LockWV · Jan 27, 1937 · 69.60 ft · Major · its highest
  • PomeroyOH · Jan 26, 1937 · 67.80 ft · Major
  • ShawneetownKY · Jan 30, 1937 · 65.64 ft · Major · its highest
  • J.T. Myers Lock and DamKY · Feb 1, 1937 · 64.40 ft · Major · its highest

February 11, 1884: 60.70 ft here, major flooding

Gauges on the Ohio River

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

Flood gauges on the Ohio River
AshlandKY52.074.21 ft, Jan 27, 19374
Belleville LockWV35.061.80 ft, Mar 29, 191315
CairoIL40.061.72 ft, May 2, 201119
Cannelton Lock and DamKY42.060.80 ft, Jan 27, 19378
CincinnatiOH52.066.20 ft, Mar 11, 19641
Clifty CreekIN451.0475.90 ft, Jan 27, 19371
Dashields Lock and DamPA25.042.80 ft, Mar 18, 19365
East LiverpoolWV14.029.90 ft, Mar 19, 193611
EvansvilleIN42.053.75 ft, Jan 31, 19371
GolcondaIL40.062.60 ft, Feb 2, 19373
Hannibal Lock and DamOH35.041.90 ft, Jun 25, 19722
HendersonKY36.043.08 ft, Apr 12, 20250
IrontonOH52.054.67 ft, Feb 19, 20180
J.T. Myers Lock and DamKY37.064.40 ft, Feb 1, 19371
Lloyd Greenup LockKY54.064.50 ft, Mar 31, 19133
Marietta PumphouseOH35.058.30 ft, Mar 29, 19133
Markland LowerKY51.076.10 ft, Jan 26, 19371
MaysvilleKY50.075.60 ft, Jan 27, 19372
McAlpine LowerKY55.085.44 ft, Jan 27, 19374
McAlpine UpperKY23.052.15 ft, Jan 27, 19377
Meldahl DamOH51.076.00 ft, Jan 26, 19373
Montgomery Lock and DamPA33.055.00 ft, Mar 18, 193610
MoundsvilleWV37.057.90 ft, Mar 19, 19363
Mount VernonIN35.059.21 ft, Feb 1, 19372
New Cumberland Lock and DamOH36.050.20 ft, Dec 31, 194215
Newburgh Lock and DamKY38.056.60 ft, Jan 31, 19371
Olmsted Lock and Dam HeadwaterKY36.048.20 ft, Feb 21, 20201
OwensboroKY40.054.80 ft, Jan 29, 19375
PaducahKY39.060.60 ft, Feb 2, 19377
ParkersburgWV36.045.20 ft, Mar 12, 19645
Pike Island Lock and DamWV37.047.70 ft, Mar 11, 19645
PittsburghPA22.046.00 ft, Mar 18, 193622
Point Pleasant this gaugeWV40.062.80 ft, Mar 30, 191325
PomeroyOH46.068.80 ft, Apr 1, 191334
PortsmouthOH50.053.78 ft, Apr 7, 20250
Powhatan PointOH37.053.30 ft, Mar 19, 19365
R C Byrd LockWV50.069.60 ft, Jan 27, 19379
Racine LockWV41.050.23 ft, Sep 20, 20043
ShawneetownKY33.065.64 ft, Jan 30, 19377
Smithland Lock and DamKY40.054.83 ft, May 6, 20114
SteubenvilleOH36.044.00 ft, Jan 20, 19961
Tell CityIN38.056.95 ft, Jan 29, 19376
WellsburgWV36.054.60 ft, Mar 19, 19369
WellsvilleOH11.020.90 ft, Jan 20, 19963
WheelingWV36.045.40 ft, Jan 20, 19963
Willow Island LockWV37.044.78 ft, Sep 19, 20042
HuntingtonOH50.057.52 ft, Mar 5, 19970

Other gauges in Mason County

Flood gauges in Mason County
R C Byrd Lock50.069.60 ft, Jan 27, 19379
Racine Lock41.050.23 ft, Sep 20, 20043

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge POPW2, 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.