Rivers in Ohio

Shade River near Chester

Meigs County, OhioNWS SRCO1USGS 03159540South Charleston office

Moderate flooding
28.33ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 6:30 PM EDT

Flood stage
16.00 ft
Record crest
31.44 ft1997

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Moderate flood21.00 ft
Minor flood16.00 ft
Action14.00 ft
  1. 25.00 ftThe bridge at the gauge on Scout Camp Road floods.
  2. 24.00 ftMost of Scout Camp Road floods.
  3. 21.00 ftThe intersection of T-95 Oak Hill Road and Scout Camp Road floods. Mill Street at Route 248 floods in Chester.
  4. 18.00 ftLow sections of Scout Camp Road flood.
  5. 17.00 ftThe Sugar Run Creek bridge located 150 feet below the river gauge floods.
  6. 16.00 ftLow spot on Scout Camp Road near Sugar Run Creek bridge floods. Agricultural fields adjacent to river begin to flood.
  7. 14.00 ftLow lying areas adjacent to the river flood, including a few agricultural fields.

Crest history

127 crests on NOAA’s list since 1966.

#DateStage
1March 2, 199731.44 ft
2September 18, 200430.04 ft
3May 25, 196827.38 ft
4February 18, 200026.00 ft
5January 21, 202525.65 ft
6January 14, 196624.67 ft
7May 4, 201024.32 ft
8January 29, 199424.28 ft
9February 17, 202523.92 ft
10April 11, 199423.63 ft
11February 4, 202223.33 ft
12April 4, 201823.04 ft
13May 28, 196822.95 ft
14March 21, 200222.88 ft
15February 7, 201922.63 ft
16February 16, 198922.62 ft
17January 4, 202322.60 ft
18March 7, 196722.48 ft
19January 11, 197422.34 ft
20May 15, 199521.95 ft
21April 25, 197521.66 ft
22September 9, 200421.55 ft
23April 3, 197021.55 ft
24March 1, 202121.49 ft
25February 23, 201821.17 ft

Most recent crests

  • April 7, 2025: 16.77 ft
  • April 5, 2025: 19.76 ft
  • February 17, 2025: 23.92 ft
  • February 6, 2025: 18.68 ft
  • January 21, 2025: 25.65 ft
  • April 12, 2024: 17.86 ft
  • April 4, 2024: 20.75 ft
  • January 28, 2024: 17.15 ft
  • January 26, 2024: 17.26 ft
  • January 26, 2024: 17.26 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Ohio River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.