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Raccoon Creek at Adamsville, OH

River level and flood forecast · Gallia County

Normal2.8 ftas of Mon 3:30 PM

The river is 18.2 ft below flood stage (21 ft).

Flow: 159 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

0102030TueWedThuFriSatSunMonAction 19 ftFlood 21 ftModerate 24 ftMajor 28 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Major flood stage28 ft
Moderate flood stage24 ft
Flood stage21 ft
Action stage19 ft
Record crest (March 3, 1997)29.11 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 28 ftState Route 588 Bridge near Bob Evans Farm is flooded. Major flooding throughout the region near Raccoon Creek.
  • 24 ftThe Old Adamsville Road, the Old Adamsville Road bridge, and the home next to the bridge on the upstream right bank, about 1000 feet upstream from the Route 588 Bridge near Bob Evans Farm is flooded. Also, the farm about one quarter mile west of the Route 588 Bridge is flooded.
  • 21 ftCreek View Drive and the Canoe Livery Road near the Route 588 Bridge near Bob Evans farm are flooded. The museum buildings on the upstream right bank near the Route 588 Bridge are flooded.
  • 17 ftThe Bob Evans campground and Canoe Livery next to the Route 588 Bridge are flooded. The museum buildings upstream of the Route 588 bridge begin to flood.
  • 16 ftMinor flooding of low lying areas near Raccoon Creek are noted. Garners Ford Road on both sides of the Garners Ford Bridge approximately 1 mile downstream from the Route 588 Bridge is flooded.

Highest crests on record

  1. 29.11 ft — March 3, 1997
  2. 28.69 ft — May 28, 1968
  3. 25.2 ft — January 1, 1937
  4. 24.92 ft — April 15, 1948
  5. 24.52 ft — March 8, 1963

Recent crests: 21.16 ft (April 8, 2025) · 19.66 ft (April 5, 2018) · 17.84 ft (February 19, 2018) · 17.14 ft (March 5, 2017) · 14.33 ft (December 7, 2013)

Up and down the river, and nearby

See it on the live map →Radar & warnings for Gallia CountyNWS gauge pageUSGS gauge 03202000

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (ADMO1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.