Ohio River at Marietta Pumphouse, OH

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:23 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 42 ftMost business, homes, and roads are flooded throughout Marietta at stages 42 feet and above.
• 41 ftSeveral sections and business along Front, Greene, Hart, Butler and Second Streets and Elemwood Avenue are flooded. Portions of Fifth, Buckley, Knox, Fair and Ohio Streets are flooded.
• 40 ftMajor flooding is occuring. Wayne Street at Eighth Street, Greene Street at Second, Seventh and Pike Streets, Front Street at Monroe Street and at the Armory, Pennsylvania Avenue at Linwood Street and at Eton Street, Second Street at Butler Street, and Scammel Street at Second and Third Streets are all flooded. On the West Side, Harmar Street at Maple and Pearl Streets, and Market Street at Fort Square are flooded.
• 39 ftPike street at Lafayette, Greene at Third Street, Jefferson Street at East Eight Street, Third Street between Butler and Church Streets, and Second Street at Wooster Street are all flooded.
• 38 ftElmwood Avenue at Ash, Hart, Pike and Charles Streets at Seventh Street, Church at Second Street, Butler at Fifth Street, Ohio Street at Second and Third Streets are all flooded.
• 37 ftHart Street at Ash and Fourth Streets, Stark and Jefferson Streets at Seventh Street, Fourth Street at Butler Street, Second and Third Streets at Church Street, Spike Streeet at Olney Street, Lafayette and Wayne Streets at Eighth Street, Greene Street at Fifth and Sixth Streets are flooded.
• 36 ftPike Street at the entrance to Phillips Elementary School, Elmwood Avenue and Hart Street start to flood. Eighth at Ohio and Stark Streets start to flood. Second and Third Streets between Green and Butler floods.
• 35 ftStark Street at 7th Street, Pike Street at Wayne, Elmwood Avenue and Greene Street at the center of Don Drumm Field are flooded.

Highest crests on record

1. 58.3 ft — March 29, 1913
2. 43.6 ft — January 8, 2005
3. 40.07 ft — April 5, 2024
4. 39.58 ft — February 18, 2018
5. 37.89 ft — April 14, 2024

Recent crests: 37.89 ft (April 14, 2024) · 40.07 ft (April 5, 2024) · 35.35 ft (September 12, 2018) · 36.4 ft (April 5, 2018) · 39.58 ft (February 18, 2018)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• DownstreamOhio River at Parkersburg, WV
• Duck Creek below Whipple, OH
• Muskingum River at Beverly, OH
• East Fork Duck Creek below Harriettsville, OH
• West Fork Duck Creek at Macksburg, OH
• Little Tygart Creek (WV) at Mineral Wells, WV
• Little Muskingum at Bloomfield, OH
• North Fork Hughes River near Cairo, WV