Beaver River near Beaver Falls, PA
River level and flood forecast · Beaver County
Normal5.4 ftas of Mon 3:15 PM
The river is 9.6 ft below flood stage (15 ft).
Forecast to fall to 5.0 ft by Sat, Oct 17, 8 AM.
Flow: 2,450 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 9:20 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 19 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 17 ft |
| Flood stage | 15 ft |
| Action stage | 12 ft |
| Record crest (March 27, 1913) | 17.4 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 29 ftWater reaches Sixth Avenue in Beaver Falls near the intersection with Twenty-Fourth Street
- 21 ftWater reaches the top of the railroad tracks in the vicinity of the gage house.
- 19 ftWater reaches the railroad tracks on the right bank near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Twenty-Fourth Street in Beaver Falls.
- 17.39 ftWater reaches a level equal to the record flood of 27 March 1913
- 17 ftThe water company pumping station about 200 feet downstream of gage and the boat club main building about 100 feet upstream of the gage begins to flood
- 13.5 ftThe river is near bankfull in the vicinity of the gage house just upstream of the water company pumping station.
- 10 ftThe boat club dock about 100 feet upstream of gage is flooded.
Highest crests on record
- 17.4 ft — March 27, 1913
- 14.42 ft — January 22, 1959
- 13.8 ft — January 25, 1937
- 13.45 ft — September 9, 2004
- 13.4 ft — September 18, 2004
Recent crests: 12.64 ft (April 4, 2024) · 10.21 ft (May 30, 2019) · 8.42 ft (March 24, 2007) · 10.23 ft (March 16, 2007) · 13.4 ft (September 18, 2004)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamBeaver River at Wampum, PA
- Connoquenessing Creek at Zelienople, PA
- Ohio River at Montgomery Lock and Dam, PA
- Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, PA
- Raccoon Creek at Moffatts Mill, PA
- Little Beaver Creek at East Liverpool, OH
- Ohio River at Dashields Lock and Dam, PA
- Muddy Creek above Portersville, PA
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (BEAP1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.