Highest listed crest 32.40 ft October 16, 1942; 230,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 10.0 ft Major flooding from 17.0 ft
Crests at major 19 3rd of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest May 15, 2025 13.27 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Shenandoah River at Millville, 1870 to 2025 0 10 20 30 40 ft Flood stage 10.0 ft Major 17.0 ft Jan 1, 1870: 26.40 ft, major flooding; 151,000 cubic feet per second Oct 1, 1896: 19.72 ft, major flooding; 105,000 cubic feet per second Aug 11, 1898: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 52,000 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 1901: 16.00 ft, moderate flooding; 74,000 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1903: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 39,100 cubic feet per second Oct 20, 1906: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 52,000 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 1908: 12.90 ft, minor flooding; 51,300 cubic feet per second May 13, 1924: 21.10 ft, major flooding; 119,000 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1929: 13.70 ft, minor flooding; 39,900 cubic feet per second Oct 24, 1929: 10.25 ft, minor flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per second May 13, 1932: 12.72 ft, minor flooding; 34,400 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1933: 13.67 ft, minor flooding; 39,900 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1934: 17.40 ft, major flooding; 64,800 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1936: 13.94 ft, minor flooding; 19,000 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1936: 26.36 ft, major flooding; 151,000 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1937: 20.20 ft, major flooding; 87,400 cubic feet per second Oct 29, 1937: 12.72 ft, minor flooding; 34,400 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 1939: 12.24 ft, minor flooding; 31,800 cubic feet per second Aug 18, 1940: 13.70 ft, minor flooding; 40,100 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1941: 9.16 ft, action stage; 18,000 cubic feet per second May 24, 1942: 16.28 ft, moderate flooding; 56,100 cubic feet per second Oct 16, 1942: 32.40 ft, major flooding; 230,000 cubic feet per second May 8, 1944: 10.13 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 1945: 17.10 ft, major flooding; 61,800 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1948: 11.08 ft, minor flooding; 26,000 cubic feet per second Jun 20, 1949: 15.92 ft, moderate flooding; 53,400 cubic feet per second Dec 5, 1950: 14.72 ft, moderate flooding; 45,700 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 1952: 14.24 ft, moderate flooding; 42,900 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 1953: 13.42 ft, minor flooding; 38,300 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 1954: 12.12 ft, minor flooding; 31,200 cubic feet per second Aug 19, 1955: 21.45 ft, major flooding; 99,000 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1957: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 25,500 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1958: 9.50 ft, action stage; 19,000 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 1959: 11.86 ft, minor flooding; 29,800 cubic feet per second May 10, 1960: 13.35 ft, minor flooding; 37,900 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1961: 11.29 ft, minor flooding; 27,000 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1962: 11.75 ft, minor flooding; 29,200 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1963: 12.85 ft, minor flooding; 35,200 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1964: 10.08 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per second Feb 9, 1965: 10.25 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1968: 9.27 ft, action stage; 18,100 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 1970: 9.08 ft, action stage; 17,400 cubic feet per second Jun 1, 1971: 17.04 ft, major flooding; 61,300 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 1972: 21.89 ft, major flooding; 103,000 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 1972: 20.02 ft, major flooding; 86,200 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1973: 14.78 ft, moderate flooding; 46,200 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1975: 18.86 ft, major flooding; 75,900 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 1976: 12.53 ft, minor flooding; 33,400 cubic feet per second Oct 11, 1976: 15.30 ft, moderate flooding; 49,400 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1978: 15.08 ft, moderate flooding; 48,000 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1978: 14.13 ft, moderate flooding; 42,300 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1979: 16.03 ft, moderate flooding; 54,200 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 1979: 13.93 ft, minor flooding; 41,100 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 1979: 11.38 ft, minor flooding; 27,400 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 1982: 11.77 ft, minor flooding; 29,400 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1983: 12.95 ft, minor flooding; 35,700 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 1984: 16.66 ft, moderate flooding; 58,600 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1984: 14.49 ft, moderate flooding; 44,400 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1985: 10.83 ft, minor flooding; 24,700 cubic feet per second Nov 6, 1985: 25.60 ft, major flooding; 142,000 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 1987: 17.44 ft, major flooding; 64,500 cubic feet per second May 7, 1988: 10.42 ft, minor flooding; 22,900 cubic feet per second May 7, 1989: 10.92 ft, minor flooding; 25,100 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1990: 9.56 ft, action stage Oct 24, 1990: 11.68 ft, minor flooding; 28,900 cubic feet per second Apr 23, 1992: 15.36 ft, moderate flooding; 52,400 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1993: 16.60 ft, moderate flooding; 60,900 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1994: 13.18 ft, minor flooding; 38,600 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 1995: 12.56 ft, minor flooding; 35,100 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1996: 23.61 ft, major flooding; 121,000 cubic feet per second Sep 8, 1996: 26.84 ft, major flooding; 156,000 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 1997: 10.24 ft, minor flooding; 23,300 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1997: 13.67 ft, minor flooding; 39,900 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 1998: 15.35 ft, moderate flooding; 52,300 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 1998: 14.70 ft, moderate flooding; 48,000 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1998: 15.13 ft, moderate flooding; 50,800 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 2001: 10.33 ft, minor flooding; 23,700 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 2003: 17.31 ft, major flooding; 66,100 cubic feet per second Sep 30, 2004: 14.15 ft, moderate flooding; 44,500 cubic feet per second Dec 1, 2005: 13.62 ft, minor flooding; 41,200 cubic feet per second Nov 18, 2006: 12.02 ft, minor flooding; 32,100 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 2010: 15.11 ft, moderate flooding; 50,700 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 2010: 15.02 ft, moderate flooding Mar 12, 2011: 11.77 ft, minor flooding Apr 18, 2011: 16.04 ft, moderate flooding; 56,980 cubic feet per second May 19, 2011: 14.69 ft, moderate flooding; 47,939 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 2011: 10.34 ft, minor flooding; 23,800 cubic feet per second Oct 31, 2012: 11.42 ft, minor flooding; 29,000 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 2013: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 26,900 cubic feet per second May 9, 2013: 13.16 ft, minor flooding; 38,220 cubic feet per second May 17, 2014: 14.57 ft, moderate flooding; 46,520 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 2016: 10.90 ft, minor flooding; 26,400 cubic feet per second May 7, 2017: 10.61 ft, minor flooding; 25,016 cubic feet per second May 27, 2017: 10.60 ft, minor flooding; 24,969 cubic feet per second May 19, 2018: 10.63 ft, minor flooding; 25,111 cubic feet per second Jun 4, 2018: 17.52 ft, major flooding; 67,625 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 2018: 12.62 ft, minor flooding; 35,392 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 2018: 13.50 ft, minor flooding; 40,500 cubic feet per second Sep 29, 2018: 12.98 ft, minor flooding; 37,441 cubic feet per second Dec 17, 2018: 12.77 ft, minor flooding; 36,409 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 2018: 12.56 ft, minor flooding; 35,057 cubic feet per second May 2, 2020: 9.45 ft, action stage; 19,800 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2021: 9.54 ft, action stage; 20,200 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 2024: 11.67 ft, minor flooding; 30,265 cubic feet per second May 15, 2025: 13.27 ft, minor flooding; 39,132 cubic feet per second Highest, 32.40 ft, Oct 16, 1942 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Shenandoah River at Millville 1870s: 1 1880s: 0 1890s: 2 1900s: 4 1910s: 0 1920s: 3 1930s: 8 1940s: 7 1950s: 7 1960s: 6 1970s: 12 1980s: 9 1990s: 12 2000s: 5 2010s: 20 20 2020s: 2 1870s 1890s 1910s 1930s 1950s 1970s 1990s 2010s 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. 05 Other gauges in Jefferson County Jefferson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · West Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MILW2, 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.