Rivers in West Virginia

Dry Fork (Tug Fork) at Bradshaw

Mcdowell County, West VirginiaNWS BRSW2USGS 03212980South Charleston office

Below flood stage
3.34ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:00 AM EDT

Flood stage
10.00 ft
Record crest
18.16 ft2025

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood19.00 ft
Moderate flood15.00 ft
Minor flood10.00 ft
Action8.00 ft
  1. 20.00 ftState Route 80 begins to flood.
  2. 19.00 ftBetween 19 and 22 feet, homes are flooded along the river.
  3. 15.00 ftBetween 15 to 19 feet, some homes in lower areas are flooded along the river.
  4. 10.00 ftBetween 10 and 15 feet, homes along the river downstream of the gage will start to flood.

Crest history

31 crests on NOAA’s list since 1984.

#DateStage
1February 16, 202518.16 ft
2May 2, 200215.21 ft
3February 6, 202013.51 ft
4May 7, 198413.25 ft
5July 13, 202212.71 ft
6March 1, 202112.39 ft
7February 17, 202312.31 ft
8February 11, 201812.31 ft
9March 5, 201512.28 ft
10November 19, 200312.03 ft
11January 31, 201311.41 ft
12April 17, 199810.86 ft
13January 2, 202210.85 ft
14February 1, 202510.71 ft
15February 23, 200310.60 ft
16April 16, 201810.50 ft
17July 31, 202010.36 ft
18December 22, 201810.29 ft
19May 16, 199610.26 ft
20April 26, 201210.25 ft
21February 24, 201910.19 ft
22April 24, 201710.19 ft
23July 9, 200110.13 ft
24May 17, 202510.10 ft
25May 6, 19899.90 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 17, 2025: 10.10 ft
  • February 16, 2025: 18.16 ft
  • February 1, 2025: 10.71 ft
  • February 17, 2023: 12.31 ft
  • July 13, 2022: 12.71 ft
  • January 2, 2022: 10.85 ft
  • March 1, 2021: 12.39 ft
  • July 31, 2020: 10.36 ft
  • February 6, 2020: 13.51 ft
  • February 24, 2019: 10.19 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. Stage may be affected by ice.

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.