New River at Thurmond

1. 42.00 ftHistoric train station, museum, and post office flood. Access to the town is cutoff.
2. 39.00 ftHistoric vacant business district in town floods.
3. 38.00 ftRailroad tracks in town begin to flood.
4. 37.00 ftParking lot in town between the railroad tracks and the river floods.
5. 34.00 ftRow of homes on WV Route 25 approximately half a mile below the Stone Cliff bridge begin to flood.
6. 32.00 ftLow sections of WV Route 25 above the Dunglen camping area flood.
7. 30.00 ftDunglen parking area floods.
8. 20.00 ftStone Cliff camping area floods.
9. 19.50 ftFlooding of low areas begins along the river with backwater flooding occurring on Dunloup Creek and Arbuckle Creek.
10. 19.00 ftA few homes on WV Route 25 above the Dunglen camping area begin to flood.
11. 16.00 ftDunglen group camping area and boat ramp floods.

Most recent crests

• February 16, 2025: 19.06 ft
• February 25, 2019: 19.68 ft
• December 23, 2018: 17.34 ft
• May 7, 2018: 17.55 ft
• February 12, 2018: 18.04 ft
• June 24, 2016: 19.58 ft
• March 6, 2015: 18.15 ft
• February 1, 2013: 20.27 ft
• January 26, 2010: 20.10 ft
• March 29, 2005: 16.75 ft

• UpstreamNew River at Hinton
• DownstreamNew River at Hawks Nest
• Piney Creek (WV) at Raleigh
• Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls
• Meadow River at Nallen
• Sewell Creek at abv. Little Sewell Crk. at Rainelle
• Meadow River at Hines IFLOWS SG
• Gauley River at Belva
• Gauley River at Summersville Lake

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

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.