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Ohio River at Ashland Stage (ft)Observed: 35.78 ft at 4:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.72 ft at 4:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.81 ft at 5:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.78 ft at 5:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.71 ft at 6:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.66 ft at 6:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.82 ft at 7:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.8 ft at 7:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.78 ft at 8:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.75 ft at 8:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.63 ft at 9:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.56 ft at 9:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.61 ft at 10:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.64 ft at 10:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.64 ft at 11:00PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.63 ft at 11:30PM Feb 22, 2020Observed: 35.62 ft at 12:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.58 ft at 12:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.57 ft at 1:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.56 ft at 1:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.71 ft at 2:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.72 ft at 2:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.76 ft at 3:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.74 ft at 3:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.79 ft at 4:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.85 ft at 4:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.86 ft at 5:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.88 ft at 5:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.81 ft at 6:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.89 ft at 6:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.93 ft at 7:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.92 ft at 7:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.94 ft at 8:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.95 ft at 8:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.92 ft at 9:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.89 ft at 9:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.91 ft at 10:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.9 ft at 10:30AM Feb 23, 2020Highest Observation: 36.08 ft at 11:00AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 36.03 ft at 11:30AM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 36.04 ft at 12:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 36.02 ft at 12:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.96 ft at 1:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 36 ft at 1:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.96 ft at 2:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.86 ft at 2:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.82 ft at 3:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.79 ft at 3:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.74 ft at 4:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.72 ft at 4:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.64 ft at 5:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.67 ft at 5:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.56 ft at 6:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.57 ft at 6:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.53 ft at 7:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.64 ft at 7:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.59 ft at 8:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.52 ft at 8:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.53 ft at 9:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.52 ft at 9:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.35 ft at 10:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.42 ft at 10:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.34 ft at 11:00PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.33 ft at 11:30PM Feb 23, 2020Observed: 35.27 ft at 12:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 35.14 ft at 12:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 35.11 ft at 1:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.99 ft at 1:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 2:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.95 ft at 2:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.92 ft at 3:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.81 ft at 3:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.85 ft at 4:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.92 ft at 4:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.94 ft at 5:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 5:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.89 ft at 6:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.86 ft at 6:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.88 ft at 7:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.96 ft at 7:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.97 ft at 8:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 8:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 9:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.98 ft at 9:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.9 ft at 10:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.82 ft at 10:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.94 ft at 11:00AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.89 ft at 11:30AM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 12:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 12:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.97 ft at 1:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 1:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.97 ft at 2:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.9 ft at 2:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.9 ft at 3:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 3:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 4:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.86 ft at 4:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.85 ft at 5:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.84 ft at 5:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 6:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.86 ft at 6:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.83 ft at 7:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.89 ft at 7:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 8:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 8:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.84 ft at 9:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.9 ft at 9:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 10:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.88 ft at 10:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.84 ft at 11:00PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 11:30PM Feb 24, 2020Observed: 34.88 ft at 12:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.86 ft at 12:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 1:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.86 ft at 1:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.86 ft at 2:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.85 ft at 2:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.84 ft at 3:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.85 ft at 3:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.84 ft at 4:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.84 ft at 4:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.83 ft at 5:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 5:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.89 ft at 6:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.93 ft at 6:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.92 ft at 7:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.9 ft at 7:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.87 ft at 8:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 35 ft at 8:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 35.01 ft at 9:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.83 ft at 9:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.96 ft at 10:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.78 ft at 10:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.88 ft at 11:00AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.83 ft at 11:30AM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.88 ft at 12:00PM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.85 ft at 12:30PM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.85 ft at 1:00PM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.83 ft at 1:30PM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.91 ft at 2:00PM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.95 ft at 2:30PM Feb 25, 2020Observed: 34.97 ft at 3:00PM Feb 25, 2020Forecast: 34.9 ft 7:00PM Feb 25, 2020Forecast: 34.9 ft 1:00AM Feb 26, 2020Forecast: 35 ft 7:00AM Feb 26, 2020Forecast: 35 ft 1:00PM Feb 26, 2020Forecast: 35 ft 7:00PM Feb 26, 2020Forecast: 35.1 ft 1:00AM Feb 27, 2020Forecast: 35.3 ft 7:00AM Feb 27, 2020Forecast: 35.5 ft 1:00PM Feb 27, 2020Forecast: 35.7 ft 7:00PM Feb 27, 2020Forecast: 36 ft 1:00AM Feb 28, 2020Forecast: 36.2 ft 7:00AM Feb 28, 2020Forecast: 36.4 ft 1:00PM Feb 28, 2020Forecast: 36.5 ft 7:00PM Feb 28, 2020Highest Forecast: 36.6 ft 1:00AM Feb 29, 2020Highest Forecast: 36.6 ft 7:00AM Feb 29, 2020Forecast: 36.5 ft 1:00PM Feb 29, 2020Forecast: 36.3 ft 7:00PM Feb 29, 2020Forecast: 36.2 ft 1:00AM Mar 01, 2020Forecast: 36 ft 7:00AM Mar 01, 2020USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesASHK2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (3:34PM Feb 25, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 10:24AM Feb 25)Latest observed value: 34.97 ft at 3:00 PM EST 25-Feb-2020. Flood Stage is 52 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Ohio River at Ashland are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 65.5
Moderate Flood Stage: 56.6
Flood Stage: 52
Action Stage: 50
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 74.20 ft on 01/27/1937
(2) 65.90 ft on 04/17/1948
(3) 64.50 ft on 03/09/1945
(4) 64.00 ft on 01/02/1943
(5) 63.83 ft on 03/08/1955
(6) 63.30 ft on 03/23/1936
(7) 62.10 ft on 03/21/1933
(8) 61.20 ft on 02/05/1939
(9) 61.00 ft on 02/03/1950
(10) 61.00 ft on 04/23/1940
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 54.61 ft on 02/15/2020
(2) 53.17 ft on 02/26/2019
(3) 52.07 ft on 12/24/2018
(4) 51.16 ft on 04/07/2018
(5) 56.76 ft on 02/19/2018
(6) 53.65 ft on 03/14/2015
(7) 55.14 ft on 03/07/2015
(8) 50.21 ft on 02/02/2013
(9) 56.17 ft on 03/13/2011
(10) 48.37 ft on 02/09/2008
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 1.40 ft on 10/27/1922
(2) 1.60 ft on 10/20/1920
(3) 1.70 ft on 10/01/1895

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66.5 The railroad is closed in the east end of Ashland near Catlettsburg.
65.8 River overtops the low point of the bank at the foot of Houston Street in Russell and flows overland to Ganners Branch.
65.5 Routes 23 and 60 are flooded in the east end of Ashland and Route 23 a quarter mile west of Ashland is flooded.
64.5 The railroad is closed at Russell.
63 Route 60 is closed at Catlettsburg.
56.6 General flooding of areas around Ashland outside of the flood wall.
55.5 Route 3 is flooded at Catlettsburg.
52 Minor flooding of roadways in low lying areas due to backwater.
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(1) Ashland Aerial View
(2) Downstream View
(3) Upstream View
(4) Outside Staff Gage
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Latitude: 38.481389° N, Longitude: 82.637500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 52 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 481.03 ft 533.03 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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