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Wheeling Creek WV at Elm Grove

Highest listed crest 13.83 ftFlood stage 7.0 ft47 crests since 1941

The Wheeling Creek WV at Elm Grove crested above flood stage 45 times among the 47 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1941 to 2025. The highest, 13.83 ft on September 17, 2004, was minor flooding, 6.83 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
13.83 ft
September 17, 2004; 22,300 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
7.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
45 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 15, 2025
9.98 ft, minor flooding
Location
Ohio County
Near Wheeling (2.7 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Wheeling Creek WV at Elm Grove
Flood stage (minor)7.045Jun 15, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

47 crests from 1941 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Wheeling Creek WV at Elm Grove, 1941 to 2025 2468101214ft Flood stage 7.0 ft Jun 5, 1941: 13.08 ft, minor flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 1942: 9.10 ft, minor flooding; 9,090 cubic feet per secondDec 30, 1942: 13.67 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1944: 7.95 ft, minor flooding; 6,920 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1945: 12.67 ft, minor flooding; 19,100 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1946: 9.75 ft, minor flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 1947: 7.23 ft, minor flooding; 5,460 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1948: 8.45 ft, minor flooding; 7,760 cubic feet per secondDec 15, 1948: 7.38 ft, minor flooding; 5,800 cubic feet per secondJan 7, 1950: 7.95 ft, minor flooding; 6,920 cubic feet per secondJan 15, 1951: 11.62 ft, minor flooding; 15,900 cubic feet per secondJan 27, 1952: 9.22 ft, minor flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondOct 16, 1954: 9.90 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 1956: 9.05 ft, minor flooding; 9,600 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 1957: 7.78 ft, minor flooding; 7,360 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1958: 7.23 ft, minor flooding; 6,340 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 1959: 9.87 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 1961: 9.53 ft, minor flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 1962: 7.73 ft, minor flooding; 7,790 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1963: 13.50 ft, minor flooding; 21,500 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1964: 7.97 ft, minor flooding; 9,440 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 1966: 12.66 ft, minor flooding; 7,000 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1967: 7.67 ft, minor flooding; 8,840 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 1968: 8.51 ft, minor flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1970: 7.93 ft, minor flooding; 9,360 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 1971: 10.25 ft, minor flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1972: 9.31 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per secondDec 9, 1972: 7.85 ft, minor flooding; 9,200 cubic feet per secondJan 11, 1974: 7.04 ft, minor flooding; 7,580 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1975: 9.70 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1978: 8.36 ft, minor flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 1979: 8.79 ft, minor flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1980: 12.32 ft, minor flooding; 18,700 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1981: 10.64 ft, minor flooding; 15,000 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1984: 7.80 ft, minor flooding; 9,120 cubic feet per secondNov 27, 1985: 13.47 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per secondFeb 2, 1988: 7.84 ft, minor flooding; 9,200 cubic feet per secondJun 14, 1990: 7.32 ft, minor flooding; 8,210 cubic feet per secondDec 18, 1990: 7.26 ft, minor flooding; 8,090 cubic feet per secondDec 3, 1991: 7.07 ft, minor flooding; 7,730 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 1996: 7.00 ft, minor flooding; 7,600 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 2004: 13.83 ft, minor flooding; 22,300 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 2008: 5.92 ft, below flood stage; 5,546 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 2015: 3.20 ft, below flood stage; 1,348 cubic feet per secondFeb 18, 2022: 7.17 ft, minor flooding; 6,858 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 2024: 8.89 ft, minor flooding; 10,387 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2025: 9.98 ft, minor flooding; 12,804 cubic feet per second Highest, 13.83 ft, Sep 17, 2004 1960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Wheeling Creek WV at Elm Grove 1940s: 9 9 1950s: 8 1960s: 7 1970s: 8 1980s: 5 1990s: 4 2000s: 1 2010s: 0 2020s: 3 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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

Highest listed crests, Wheeling Creek WV at Elm Grove
1Sep 17, 200413.83+6.83Minor22,300
2Dec 30, 194213.67+6.67Minor22,100
3Mar 5, 196313.50+6.50Minor21,500
4Nov 27, 198513.47+6.47Minor21,400
5Jun 5, 194113.08+6.08Minor20,300
6Mar 6, 194512.67+5.67Minor19,100
7Feb 13, 196612.66+5.66Minor7,000
8Aug 18, 198012.32+5.32Minor18,700
9Jan 15, 195111.62+4.62Minor15,900
10Apr 13, 198110.64+3.64Minor15,000
11May 6, 197110.25+3.25Minor14,600
12Jun 15, 20259.98+2.98Minor12,804
13Oct 16, 19549.90+2.90Minor11,600
14Feb 10, 19599.87+2.87Minor11,600
15Jun 2, 19469.75+2.75Minor11,000
16Sep 24, 19759.70+2.70Minor13,000
17Apr 25, 19619.53+2.53Minor11,100
18Jun 23, 19729.31+2.31Minor12,300
19Jan 27, 19529.22+2.22Minor10,000
20Mar 9, 19429.10+2.10Minor9,090
21Jul 27, 19569.05+2.05Minor9,600
22Apr 3, 20248.89+1.89Minor10,387
23Feb 25, 19798.79+1.79Minor11,100
24May 24, 19688.51+1.51Minor10,500
25Feb 14, 19488.45+1.45Minor7,760
26Jan 26, 19788.36+1.36Minor10,200
27Mar 10, 19647.97+0.97Minor9,440
28Mar 5, 19447.95+0.95Minor6,920
29Jan 7, 19507.95+0.95Minor6,920
30Apr 2, 19707.93+0.93Minor9,360
31Dec 9, 19727.85+0.85Minor9,200
32Feb 2, 19887.84+0.84Minor9,200
33Jan 25, 19847.80+0.80Minor9,120
34Apr 18, 19577.78+0.78Minor7,360
35Feb 24, 19627.73+0.73Minor7,790
36Mar 6, 19677.67+0.67Minor8,840
37Dec 15, 19487.38+0.38Minor5,800
38Jun 14, 19907.32+0.32Minor8,210
39Dec 18, 19907.26+0.26Minor8,090
40Jun 7, 19477.23+0.23Minor5,460
41May 4, 19587.23+0.23Minor6,340
42Feb 18, 20227.17+0.17Minor6,858
43Dec 3, 19917.07+0.07Minor7,730
44Jan 11, 19747.04+0.04Minor7,580
45Jan 19, 19967.000.00Minor7,600
46Mar 4, 20085.92−1.08Below flood stage5,546
47Aug 18, 20153.20−3.80Below flood stage1,348

Other gauges in Ohio County

Flood gauges in Ohio County
Pike Island Lock and Dam37.047.70 ft, Mar 11, 19645
Wheeling36.045.40 ft, Jan 20, 19963

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WHEW2, 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.