Highest listed crest 15.70 ft October 1, 1937
Flood stage 9.0 ft Major flooding from 14.0 ft
Crests at major 1 40th of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest May 14, 2025 10.60 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Patterson Creek near Headsville, 1937 to 2025 6 8 10 12 14 16 ft Flood stage 9.0 ft Major 14.0 ft Oct 1, 1937: 15.70 ft, major flooding Feb 3, 1939: 11.30 ft, moderate flooding; 7,800 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1940: 10.18 ft, minor flooding; 5,060 cubic feet per second May 31, 1940: 11.80 ft, moderate flooding; 9,600 cubic feet per second May 22, 1942: 10.27 ft, minor flooding; 5,260 cubic feet per second Aug 17, 1942: 10.17 ft, minor flooding; 5,060 cubic feet per second Oct 15, 1942: 13.00 ft, moderate flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1942: 10.23 ft, minor flooding; 5,060 cubic feet per second May 7, 1944: 11.54 ft, moderate flooding; 8,400 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 1945: 11.86 ft, moderate flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1948: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 3,040 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 1948: 10.19 ft, minor flooding; 4,900 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 1950: 9.06 ft, minor flooding; 3,250 cubic feet per second Jun 13, 1951: 10.60 ft, minor flooding; 5,900 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1952: 9.28 ft, minor flooding; 3,470 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1953: 9.04 ft, minor flooding; 3,150 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1954: 10.46 ft, minor flooding; 5,650 cubic feet per second Oct 16, 1954: 10.95 ft, minor flooding; 7,200 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1955: 10.10 ft, minor flooding; 4,700 cubic feet per second Aug 18, 1955: 12.20 ft, moderate flooding; 16,000 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1956: 9.49 ft, minor flooding; 3,750 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1957: 10.27 ft, minor flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 1958: 9.74 ft, minor flooding; 3,920 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 1959: 6.22 ft, action stage; 1,110 cubic feet per second Oct 24, 1959: 11.53 ft, moderate flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second May 8, 1960: 10.80 ft, minor flooding; 6,740 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1961: 10.06 ft, minor flooding; 4,710 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1961: 10.17 ft, minor flooding; 4,940 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1962: 10.34 ft, minor flooding; 5,190 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1963: 11.17 ft, moderate flooding; 84,205 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1963: 11.33 ft, moderate flooding; 94,105 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 1964: 10.79 ft, minor flooding; 67,005 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1965: 9.81 ft, minor flooding; 3,870 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1966: 9.59 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1967: 11.08 ft, moderate flooding; 78,005 cubic feet per second May 28, 1968: 9.26 ft, minor flooding; 3,210 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1970: 9.61 ft, minor flooding; 3,720 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1970: 9.34 ft, minor flooding; 3,140 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 1972: 9.93 ft, minor flooding; 4,090 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1973: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 42,305 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 1973: 8.96 ft, action stage; 2,660 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 1975: 9.75 ft, minor flooding; 3,760 cubic feet per second Oct 18, 1975: 10.41 ft, minor flooding; 52,605 cubic feet per second Oct 9, 1976: 10.86 ft, minor flooding; 67,605 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1979: 10.63 ft, minor flooding; 59,505 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 1980: 8.20 ft, action stage; 1,990 cubic feet per second Jun 13, 1982: 9.31 ft, minor flooding; 3,090 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1983: 9.92 ft, minor flooding; 4,070 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1984: 10.01 ft, minor flooding; 42,505 cubic feet per second May 31, 1985: 6.78 ft, action stage; 1,330 cubic feet per second Nov 5, 1985: 11.17 ft, moderate flooding; 82,205 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1987: 8.89 ft, action stage; 2,580 cubic feet per second May 19, 1988: 9.48 ft, minor flooding; 3,340 cubic feet per second Jul 20, 1989: 9.33 ft, minor flooding; 3,120 cubic feet per second May 29, 1990: 6.63 ft, action stage; 1,270 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1991: 8.71 ft, action stage; 2,400 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1992: 6.74 ft, action stage; 1,310 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1993: 11.25 ft, moderate flooding; 87,305 cubic feet per second May 8, 1994: 9.56 ft, minor flooding; 3,460 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 1995: 8.22 ft, action stage; 2,000 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1996: 11.97 ft, moderate flooding; 14,400 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1996: 8.77 ft, action stage; 2,460 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1997: 10.27 ft, minor flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1998: 9.59 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per second May 18, 1999: 6.70 ft, action stage; 1,300 cubic feet per second Aug 6, 2000: 8.93 ft, action stage; 2,620 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 2001: 6.58 ft, action stage; 1,250 cubic feet per second May 2, 2002: 7.37 ft, action stage; 1,570 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 2003: 10.22 ft, minor flooding; 5,510 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2004: 9.03 ft, minor flooding; 2,890 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 2005: 9.83 ft, minor flooding; 4,150 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 2006: 8.26 ft, action stage; 2,090 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2007: 9.72 ft, minor flooding; 3,880 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2008: 10.30 ft, minor flooding; 5,810 cubic feet per second May 4, 2009: 10.56 ft, minor flooding; 6,850 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 2010: 10.16 ft, minor flooding Mar 11, 2011: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 2,642 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 2011: 10.07 ft, minor flooding; 4,952 cubic feet per second May 18, 2011: 10.47 ft, minor flooding Feb 29, 2012: 10.27 ft, minor flooding; 5,700 cubic feet per second Oct 30, 2012: 10.02 ft, minor flooding; 4,772 cubic feet per second May 19, 2018: 9.50 ft, minor flooding; 3,380 cubic feet per second Sep 9, 2018: 9.18 ft, minor flooding; 2,921 cubic feet per second Sep 28, 2018: 10.28 ft, minor flooding; 5,359 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 2018: 10.52 ft, minor flooding; 6,203 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2019: 9.28 ft, minor flooding; 3,057 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2021: 10.07 ft, minor flooding; 4,090 cubic feet per second Sep 1, 2021: 8.86 ft, action stage; 2,490 cubic feet per second May 14, 2025: 10.60 ft, minor flooding; 6,076 cubic feet per second Highest, 15.70 ft, Oct 1, 1937 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Patterson Creek near Headsville 1930s: 2 1940s: 10 1950s: 12 12 1960s: 11 1970s: 8 1980s: 6 1990s: 5 2000s: 6 2010s: 11 2020s: 2 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. Mineral County: every hazard · River floods across the country · West Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HDSW2, 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.