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Mud River (WV) at Hamlin, WV

River level and flood forecast · Lincoln County

Normal5.1 ftas of Mon 3 PM

The river is 7.9 ft below flood stage (13 ft).

The last 7 days and the forecast

05101520TueWedThuFriSatSunMonAction 10 ftFlood 13 ftModerate 15 ftMajor 17 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 stage17 ft
Moderate flood stage15 ft
Flood stage13 ft
Action stage10 ft
Record crest (February 17, 2023)15.29 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 21 ftWater is over the High School bridge. School Trailer located on the upstream high school side of the High School Bridge is flooded. Catastrophic flooding is occurring throughout the entire reach of the Mud River.
  • 17 ftMajor flooding all along the Mud River from Palermo to Hamlin and Points downstream from Hamlin. Several sections of Routes 3 and 7 are flooded and impassable. Several homes and buildings are flooded near the Mud River.
  • 15 ftSections of Upper Mud River Road are flooded as well as some homes along and near the Mud River. Sections of Route 7 between Myra and Hamlin and sections of Route 3 on either side of Hamlin are flooded.
  • 13 ftSections of Route 3 in West Hamlin start to flood. House across Route 3, from the High School Bridge, starts to flood. Water into low area around the High School marque and up to Route 3. Ball fields 0.3 miles from the High School Bridge are flooded. Peppermint Lane and surrounding fields in Myra are flooded.
  • 12 ftLow areas and fields along the Mud River between Palermo and Hamlin start to flood.

Highest crests on record

  1. 15.29 ft — February 17, 2023
  2. 15.29 ft — February 17, 2023
  3. 14.93 ft — April 4, 2025
  4. 14.87 ft — March 1, 2021
  5. 14.85 ft — March 1, 2021

Recent crests: 14.93 ft (April 4, 2025) · 13.88 ft (February 16, 2025) · 13.69 ft (February 7, 2025) · 13.33 ft (February 13, 2024) · 11.31 ft (April 1, 2023)

Up and down the river, and nearby

See it on the live map →Radar & warnings for Lincoln CountyNWS gauge pageUSGS gauge 03204294

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (MYRW2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.