Ohio River at Parkersburg, WV
River level and flood forecast · Wood County
Normal23.3 ftas of Mon 3 PM
The river is 12.8 ft below flood stage (36 ft).
Forecast to fall to 20.5 ft by Sat, Oct 17, 8 AM.
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
| Major flood stage | 42 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 38 ft |
| Flood stage | 36 ft |
| Action stage | 34 ft |
| Record crest (March 12, 1964) | 45.2 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 58.9 ftRecord flood. The flood wall protects to 62 feet in Parkersburg. Record flooding is occurring outside the flood wall in both West Virginia and Ohio.
- 48 ftMain Street, Fifth Street, Walnut Street, O'Neal Street, along with most of the streets near the Ohio River in Belpre, Ohio, are flooded. Major flooding along the Little Kanwaha River and in Vienna, West Virginia. Most areas, homes, and businesses near the rivers are flooded.
- 45 ftWashington Blvd., Florence, Main Streets are flooded in Belpre, Ohio. Major flooding occurs along the Little Kanwaha River and in sections of Vienna, West Virginia.
- 43 ftBlennerhassett, Lee, John, Walnut, Elm, Scott, Sixth, Seventh and the lower end of Main Street are flooded in Belpre, Ohio. Major flooding occurs along the Little Kanawha River and in sections of Vienna, West Virginia.
- 42 ftBlennerhassett Avenue, Stone Road, Seventh, Scott, Walnut and John Streets in Belpre, Ohio are flooded. Major flooding occurs along the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia.
- 41 ftIn West Virginia, the railroad tracks on the south bank of the Little Kanawha are flooded. Several homes along the Little Kanawha are flooded. In Belpre, Ohio, a few homes along Walnut and John Streets, Sixth Street and Barclay Street, Main Street and Blennerhassett Avenue and State Route 618 near Shell Chemical are flooded.
- 40 ftMost of Happy Valley is flooded. Sections of Vienna, West Virginia along the Ohio River are flooded. Walnut and John Streets in Belpre, Ohio are flooded.
- 38 ftSeveral homes flooded in the Happy Valley and Point Drive areas near Parkersburg, along the Little Kanawha River. A few homes are flooded on Annas Drive in Vienna, West Virginia. Dave's Marina, Walnut Street, and Scott Avenue in Belpre, Ohio, start to flood.
- 36 ftBackwater effects will start to cause problems along the Little Kanawha River. Happy Valley Road in Happy Valley starts to flood.
Highest crests on record
- 45.2 ft — March 12, 1964
- 43.9 ft — January 29, 1952
- 43.73 ft — September 19, 2004
- 42.5 ft — March 22, 1963
- 42.41 ft — January 8, 2005
Recent crests: 38.45 ft (April 14, 2024) · 40.1 ft (April 5, 2024) · 35.85 ft (April 5, 2018) · 39.71 ft (February 18, 2018) · 38.03 ft (March 13, 2011)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (PARW2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.