New River at Thurmond, WV
River level and flood forecast · Fayette County
Normal8.3 ftas of Mon 3:45 PM
The river is 10.7 ft below flood stage (19 ft).
Flow: 13,200 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 22 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 20 ft |
| Flood stage | 19 ft |
| Action stage | 16 ft |
| Record crest (January 20, 1996) | 20.35 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 42 ftHistoric train station, museum, and post office flood. Access to the town is cutoff.
- 39 ftHistoric vacant business district in town floods.
- 38 ftRailroad tracks in town begin to flood.
- 37 ftParking lot in town between the railroad tracks and the river floods.
- 34 ftRow of homes on WV Route 25 approximately half a mile below the Stone Cliff bridge begin to flood.
- 32 ftLow sections of WV Route 25 above the Dunglen camping area flood.
- 30 ftDunglen parking area floods.
- 20 ftStone Cliff camping area floods.
- 19.5 ftFlooding of low areas begins along the river with backwater flooding occurring on Dunloup Creek and Arbuckle Creek.
- 19 ftA few homes on WV Route 25 above the Dunglen camping area begin to flood.
- 16 ftDunglen group camping area and boat ramp floods.
Highest crests on record
- 20.35 ft — January 20, 1996
- 20.27 ft — February 1, 2013
- 20.1 ft — January 26, 2010
- 20.05 ft — February 23, 2003
- 19.68 ft — February 25, 2019
Recent crests: 19.06 ft (February 16, 2025) · 19.68 ft (February 25, 2019) · 17.34 ft (December 23, 2018) · 17.55 ft (May 7, 2018) · 18.04 ft (February 12, 2018)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (THMW2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.