Tug Fork River at Kermit

Highest listed crest 51.28 ftFlood stage 38.0 ft4 crests since 2018

The Tug Fork River at Kermit crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2018 to 2025. The highest, 51.28 ft on February 17, 2025, was major flooding, 13.28 feet above flood stage. 3 other gauges on the Tug Fork River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 2 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 51.28 ft; February 17, 2025; 86,434 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 38.0 ft; Major flooding from 49.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 40th of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest: February 17, 2025; 51.28 ft, major flooding
Location: Mingo County; West Virginia
Identifiers: NWS KRMW2; USGS 03214500

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Tug Fork River at Kermit

Action stage	36.0	1	Feb 7, 2020	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	38.0	1	Feb 12, 2018	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	45.0	1	Mar 2, 2021	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	49.0	1	Feb 17, 2025	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

4 crests from 2018 to 2025. 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.
30 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 41.17 ft on Jul 31, 1875; 40.00 ft on Apr 1, 1908; 39.20 ft on Jan 28, 1918; 37.12 ft on Mar 26, 1935; 39.00 ft on Mar 3, 1939; 36.22 ft on Feb 2, 1950; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Tug Fork River at Kermit

1	Feb 17, 2025	51.28	+13.28	Major	86,434
2	Mar 2, 2021	46.71	+8.71	Moderate	66,146
3	Feb 12, 2018	40.21	+2.21	Minor	40,302
4	Feb 7, 2020	37.23	−0.77	Action	31,143

The worst floods along the Tug Fork River

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

February 17, 2025: 51.28 ft here, major flooding

WilliamsonKY · Feb 16, 2025 · 48.35 ft · Major · its highest
LitwarWV · Feb 16, 2025 · 30.97 ft · Major · its highest
WelchWV · Feb 16, 2025 · 22.10 ft · Major

March 2, 2021: 46.71 ft here, moderate flooding

WilliamsonKY · Mar 2, 2021 · 39.40 ft · Moderate

February 12, 2018: 40.21 ft here, minor flooding

WilliamsonKY · Feb 11, 2018 · 35.93 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Tug Fork River

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

Flood gauges on the Tug Fork River

Welch	WV	17.0	22.10 ft, May 2, 2002	2
Litwar	WV	24.0	30.97 ft, Feb 16, 2025	1
Williamson	KY	27.0	48.35 ft, Feb 16, 2025	4
Kermit this gauge	WV	38.0	51.28 ft, Feb 17, 2025	1

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KRMW2, 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.