Tug Fork River at Litwar

Highest listed crest 30.97 ftFlood stage 24.0 ft1 crests since 2025

The Tug Fork River at Litwar crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2025. The highest, 30.97 ft on February 16, 2025, was major flooding, 6.97 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: 30.97 ft; February 16, 2025; 47,498 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 24.0 ft; Major flooding from 27.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 40th of 116 gauges in West Virginia
Most recent flood crest: February 16, 2025; 30.97 ft, major flooding
Location: McDowell County; West Virginia
Identifiers: NWS LITW2; USGS 03213000

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 Litwar

Action stage	20.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	24.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	25.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	27.0	1	Feb 16, 2025	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

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

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.
16 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 14.78 ft on Mar 3, 1934; 19.00 ft on Mar 25, 1935; 15.90 ft on Apr 1, 1935; 14.00 ft on Mar 3, 1938; 13.10 ft on Mar 13, 1943; 13.20 ft on Feb 17, 1945; and more.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Tug Fork River at Litwar

1	Feb 16, 2025	30.97	+6.97	Major	47,498

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 16, 2025: 30.97 ft here, major flooding

KermitWV · Feb 17, 2025 · 51.28 ft · Major · its highest
WilliamsonKY · Feb 16, 2025 · 48.35 ft · Major · its highest
WelchWV · Feb 16, 2025 · 22.10 ft · Major

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 this gauge	WV	24.0	30.97 ft, Feb 16, 2025	1
Williamson	KY	27.0	48.35 ft, Feb 16, 2025	4
Kermit	WV	38.0	51.28 ft, Feb 17, 2025	1

Other gauges in McDowell County

Flood gauges in McDowell County

Bradshaw	10.0	18.16 ft, Feb 16, 2025	0
Panther	10.0	16.57 ft, May 2, 2002	1
Welch	17.0	22.10 ft, May 2, 2002	2

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LITW2, 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.