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Hocking River at Athens Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 5.95 ft at 6:30PM Mar 20, 2019Highest Observation: 5.95 ft at 7:00PM Mar 20, 2019Highest Observation: 5.95 ft at 7:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.94 ft at 8:00PM Mar 20, 2019Highest Observation: 5.95 ft at 8:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.92 ft at 9:00PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.93 ft at 9:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.93 ft at 10:00PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.93 ft at 10:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.92 ft at 11:00PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.92 ft at 11:30PM Mar 20, 2019Observed: 5.92 ft at 12:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.91 ft at 12:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.91 ft at 1:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.89 ft at 1:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.9 ft at 2:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.89 ft at 2:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.89 ft at 3:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.88 ft at 3:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.88 ft at 4:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.87 ft at 4:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.87 ft at 5:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.87 ft at 5:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.86 ft at 6:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.86 ft at 6:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.85 ft at 7:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.85 ft at 7:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.85 ft at 8:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.84 ft at 8:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.84 ft at 9:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.83 ft at 9:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.83 ft at 10:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.83 ft at 10:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.83 ft at 11:00AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 11:30AM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 12:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 12:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.83 ft at 1:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.83 ft at 1:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 2:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 2:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 3:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 3:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 4:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 4:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 5:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 5:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 6:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 6:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.82 ft at 7:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 10:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 11:00PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 11:30PM Mar 21, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 12:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 12:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 1:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.81 ft at 1:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.8 ft at 2:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.8 ft at 2:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.8 ft at 3:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.8 ft at 3:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 4:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.8 ft at 4:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.79 ft at 5:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.8 ft at 5:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 6:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.79 ft at 6:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.79 ft at 7:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 7:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.79 ft at 8:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 8:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 9:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 9:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 10:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 10:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 11:00AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 11:30AM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 12:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 12:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.75 ft at 1:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 1:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 2:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 2:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 3:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 3:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 4:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.78 ft at 4:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 5:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 5:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 6:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 6:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.77 ft at 7:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.75 ft at 7:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.71 ft at 8:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.76 ft at 8:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 9:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.75 ft at 9:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.75 ft at 10:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 10:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.74 ft at 11:00PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 11:30PM Mar 22, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 12:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 12:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 1:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.72 ft at 1:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.73 ft at 2:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.72 ft at 2:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.71 ft at 3:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.71 ft at 3:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.69 ft at 4:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.69 ft at 4:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.69 ft at 5:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.68 ft at 5:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.67 ft at 6:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.67 ft at 6:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.66 ft at 7:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.63 ft at 7:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.64 ft at 8:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.61 ft at 8:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.63 ft at 9:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.61 ft at 9:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.6 ft at 10:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.59 ft at 10:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.6 ft at 11:00AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.58 ft at 11:30AM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.58 ft at 12:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.57 ft at 12:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.56 ft at 1:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.54 ft at 1:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.55 ft at 2:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.56 ft at 2:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.54 ft at 3:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.53 ft at 3:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.53 ft at 4:00PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.52 ft at 4:30PM Mar 23, 2019Observed: 5.51 ft at 5:00PM Mar 23, 2019Forecast: 5.6 ft 8:00PM Mar 23, 2019Forecast: 5.5 ft 2:00AM Mar 24, 2019Forecast: 5.5 ft 8:00AM Mar 24, 2019Forecast: 5.4 ft 2:00PM Mar 24, 2019Forecast: 5.4 ft 8:00PM Mar 24, 2019Forecast: 5.4 ft 2:00AM Mar 25, 2019Forecast: 5.3 ft 8:00AM Mar 25, 2019Forecast: 5.3 ft 2:00PM Mar 25, 2019Forecast: 5.4 ft 8:00PM Mar 25, 2019Forecast: 5.7 ft 2:00AM Mar 26, 2019Forecast: 5.9 ft 8:00AM Mar 26, 2019Highest Forecast: 6 ft 2:00PM Mar 26, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesATHO1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:19PM Mar 23, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 10:26AM Mar 23)Latest observed value: 5.51 ft at 5:00 PM EDT 23-Mar-2019. Flood Stage is 20 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 28
Moderate Flood Stage: 22
Flood Stage: 20
Action Stage: 18
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 27.00 ft on 03/15/1907
(2) 24.65 ft on 05/25/1968
(3) 24.18 ft on 03/11/1964
(4) 24.00 ft on 03/26/1913
(5) 23.68 ft on 01/07/2005
(6) 23.20 ft on 05/30/1990
(7) 23.10 ft on 03/06/1963
(8) 23.00 ft on 03/07/1945
(9) 22.95 ft on 03/03/1997
(10) 22.90 ft on 04/21/1940
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.11 ft on 02/14/2019
(2) 20.14 ft on 02/10/2019
(3) 22.08 ft on 02/09/2019
(4) 18.66 ft on 04/17/2018
(5) 22.52 ft on 04/05/2018
(6) 21.30 ft on 03/03/2017
(7) 19.29 ft on 05/01/2014
(8) 21.14 ft on 04/21/2011
(9) 21.40 ft on 03/21/2008
(10) 20.33 ft on 03/06/2008
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 2.10 ft on 09/30/1969
(2) 2.11 ft on 07/24/1967
(3) 2.26 ft on 10/18/1967
(4) 2.28 ft on 09/19/1966
(5) 3.02 ft on 07/28/1999

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33.7 Ohio Universtity, Route 33 in Athens, two eastern pump stations, the heating plant and most of Athens are flooded.
28 Areas in Athens near the river, and the college start to flood. Low areas south, southwest, and east of Athens are flooded.
26 Areas in downtown Athens begin to flood. Water surrounds Hospital. Areas along the river are flooded around Athens.
22 East State Street in Athens and Route 33 south of Nelsonville begins to flood. Nelsonville Route 33 roundabout begins to flood.
21 West State Street and Blue Line bike path start to flood. Bike path flood gate is installed. Glen Ebon Road/County Road 4 starts to flood.
20 Low areas, campground, and private camps along the river between Athens, and Coolville begin to flood.
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Latitude: 39.328889° N, Longitude: 82.087778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 20 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 29 611.26 ft 631.26 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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