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Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 5.51 ft at 3:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.53 ft at 3:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.56 ft at 4:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.6 ft at 4:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.64 ft at 4:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.71 ft at 4:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.81 ft at 5:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 5.92 ft at 5:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6 ft at 5:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.06 ft at 5:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.1 ft at 6:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.12 ft at 6:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.13 ft at 6:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.15 ft at 6:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.15 ft at 7:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.16 ft at 7:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.17 ft at 7:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.18 ft at 7:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.19 ft at 8:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 8:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 8:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.25 ft at 8:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 9:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 9:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 9:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 9:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.38 ft at 10:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.41 ft at 10:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.44 ft at 10:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.45 ft at 10:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.46 ft at 11:00PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.47 ft at 11:15PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.48 ft at 11:30PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.49 ft at 11:45PM Aug 16, 2022Observed: 6.5 ft at 12:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.52 ft at 12:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.52 ft at 12:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.52 ft at 12:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.54 ft at 1:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.56 ft at 1:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.57 ft at 1:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.59 ft at 1:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.61 ft at 2:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.62 ft at 2:15AM Aug 17, 2022Highest Observation: 6.63 ft at 2:30AM Aug 17, 2022Highest Observation: 6.63 ft at 2:45AM Aug 17, 2022Highest Observation: 6.63 ft at 3:00AM Aug 17, 2022Highest Observation: 6.63 ft at 3:15AM Aug 17, 2022Highest Observation: 6.63 ft at 3:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.62 ft at 3:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.61 ft at 4:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.6 ft at 4:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.6 ft at 4:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.6 ft at 4:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.59 ft at 5:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.58 ft at 5:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.57 ft at 5:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.56 ft at 6:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.55 ft at 6:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.54 ft at 6:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.52 ft at 6:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.51 ft at 7:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.48 ft at 7:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.47 ft at 7:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.46 ft at 7:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.44 ft at 8:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.43 ft at 8:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.43 ft at 8:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.43 ft at 8:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.44 ft at 9:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.45 ft at 9:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.45 ft at 9:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.45 ft at 9:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.46 ft at 10:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.45 ft at 10:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.43 ft at 10:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.42 ft at 10:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.4 ft at 11:00AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.38 ft at 11:15AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.36 ft at 11:30AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 11:45AM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 12:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 12:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 12:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 12:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 1:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 1:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 1:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 1:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 2:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 2:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 2:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 2:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 3:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.36 ft at 3:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.36 ft at 3:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.36 ft at 3:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 4:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.34 ft at 4:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.34 ft at 4:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 4:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 5:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 5:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 5:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 5:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 6:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 6:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 6:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 6:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 7:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 7:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 7:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 7:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 8:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 8:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 8:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 8:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.28 ft at 9:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 9:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 9:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.25 ft at 9:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.24 ft at 10:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 10:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 10:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 10:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 11:00PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.24 ft at 11:15PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.24 ft at 11:30PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 11:45PM Aug 17, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 12:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 12:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 12:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 12:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 1:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 1:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 1:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 1:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 2:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 2:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 2:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.28 ft at 2:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 3:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 3:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 3:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 3:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.34 ft at 4:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.36 ft at 4:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.37 ft at 4:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.38 ft at 4:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.38 ft at 5:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.39 ft at 5:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.38 ft at 5:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.38 ft at 5:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.37 ft at 6:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.37 ft at 6:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.36 ft at 6:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 6:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.35 ft at 7:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.34 ft at 7:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 7:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 7:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.32 ft at 8:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.28 ft at 8:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.16 ft at 8:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.05 ft at 8:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.01 ft at 9:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.02 ft at 9:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.05 ft at 9:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.12 ft at 9:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 10:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 10:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.37 ft at 10:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.37 ft at 10:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.34 ft at 11:00AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.31 ft at 11:15AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.28 ft at 11:30AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.26 ft at 11:45AM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.24 ft at 12:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.23 ft at 12:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.22 ft at 12:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 12:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 1:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 1:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 1:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.22 ft at 1:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.25 ft at 2:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.27 ft at 2:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.3 ft at 2:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 2:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.34 ft at 3:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.33 ft at 3:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.29 ft at 3:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.22 ft at 3:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.16 ft at 4:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.16 ft at 4:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.18 ft at 4:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.2 ft at 4:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 5:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 5:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.21 ft at 5:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.2 ft at 5:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.19 ft at 6:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.16 ft at 6:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.13 ft at 6:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.11 ft at 6:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.09 ft at 7:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.08 ft at 7:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.07 ft at 7:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.07 ft at 7:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.07 ft at 8:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.05 ft at 8:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.04 ft at 8:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6.02 ft at 8:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 6 ft at 9:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.98 ft at 9:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.97 ft at 9:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.94 ft at 9:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.92 ft at 10:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.9 ft at 10:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.87 ft at 10:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.84 ft at 10:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.82 ft at 11:00PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.79 ft at 11:15PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.76 ft at 11:30PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.74 ft at 11:45PM Aug 18, 2022Observed: 5.72 ft at 12:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.71 ft at 12:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.69 ft at 12:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.68 ft at 12:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.66 ft at 1:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.64 ft at 1:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.62 ft at 1:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.6 ft at 1:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.59 ft at 2:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.58 ft at 2:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 2:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 2:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 3:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 3:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.45 ft at 3:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.12 ft at 3:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 4.86 ft at 4:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 4.74 ft at 4:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 4.8 ft at 4:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 4.94 ft at 4:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.08 ft at 5:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.26 ft at 5:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.51 ft at 5:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.73 ft at 5:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.85 ft at 6:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.89 ft at 6:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.86 ft at 6:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.81 ft at 6:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.75 ft at 7:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.68 ft at 7:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.63 ft at 7:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 7:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.54 ft at 8:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.53 ft at 8:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.54 ft at 8:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 8:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.61 ft at 9:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.62 ft at 9:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.6 ft at 9:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.57 ft at 9:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.52 ft at 10:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.48 ft at 10:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.43 ft at 10:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.38 ft at 10:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.35 ft at 11:00AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.28 ft at 11:15AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.2 ft at 11:30AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.18 ft at 11:45AM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 12:00PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.16 ft at 12:15PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.19 ft at 12:30PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.26 ft at 12:45PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.32 ft at 1:00PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.39 ft at 1:15PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.46 ft at 1:30PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.51 ft at 1:45PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.54 ft at 2:00PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.55 ft at 2:15PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.55 ft at 2:30PM Aug 19, 2022Observed: 5.54 ft at 2:45PM Aug 19, 2022Highest Forecast: 5.4 ft 8:00PM Aug 19, 2022Forecast: 5.3 ft 2:00AM Aug 20, 2022Forecast: 5.2 ft 8:00AM Aug 20, 2022Forecast: 5.1 ft 2:00PM Aug 20, 2022Forecast: 5 ft 8:00PM Aug 20, 2022Forecast: 4.9 ft 2:00AM Aug 21, 2022Forecast: 4.8 ft 8:00AM Aug 21, 2022Forecast: 4.8 ft 2:00PM Aug 21, 2022Forecast: 4.7 ft 8:00PM Aug 21, 2022Forecast: 4.6 ft 2:00AM Aug 22, 2022Forecast: 4.6 ft 8:00AM Aug 22, 2022Forecast: 4.5 ft 2:00PM Aug 22, 2022Forecast: 4.5 ft 8:00PM Aug 22, 2022Forecast: 4.5 ft 2:00AM Aug 23, 2022Forecast: 4.4 ft 8:00AM Aug 23, 2022Forecast: 4.4 ft 2:00PM Aug 23, 2022Forecast: 4.4 ft 8:00PM Aug 23, 2022Forecast: 4.3 ft 2:00AM Aug 24, 2022Forecast: 4.3 ft 8:00AM Aug 24, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesKANW2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (3:20PM Aug 19, 2022)ObservedForecast (issued 9:58AM Aug 19)Latest observed value: 5.54 ft at 2:45 PM EDT 19-Aug-2022. Flood Stage is 27 ft
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NOTE: River Forecasts typically include ONLY 2 days of future rain from forecast issuance time (lower right of graph). Occasionally 3 days of future rain included.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Kanawha River at Kanawha Falls are issued routinely year-round.

Vertical datum height surveyed by the USGS

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 35
Moderate Flood Stage: 30
Flood Stage: 27
Action Stage: 25
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 37.80 ft on 09/14/1878
(2) 27.37 ft on 04/04/1977
(3) 21.60 ft on 01/29/1957
(4) 20.63 ft on 01/19/1996
(5) 20.62 ft on 02/26/1972
(6) 19.41 ft on 04/05/1977
(7) 19.01 ft on 02/01/2013
(8) 19.00 ft on 03/25/1935
(9) 18.89 ft on 05/07/1984
(10) 18.54 ft on 12/31/1969
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 15.28 ft on 05/17/2014
(2) 19.01 ft on 02/01/2013
(3) 20.63 ft on 01/19/1996
(4) 18.30 ft on 03/24/1993
(5) 15.43 ft on 04/23/1992
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) -0.95 ft on 08/15/1930
(2) -0.90 ft on 10/29/1921
(3) -0.82 ft on 09/30/1946
(4) -0.79 ft on 10/09/1947
(5) -0.70 ft on 08/05/1955
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41 Railroad tracks upstream and downstream of County Route 13 bridge floods.
35 Most areas next to river are flooded.
30 Homes, just above county route 13 bridge and along Hairdo Lane are flooded. Several houses in Charlton Heights approximatly 2 miles downstream from the County Route 13 bridge start to flood.
27 The park, near the water falls, is flooded. Homes, just upstream from the County Route 13 bridge, start to flood. Several houses in Charlton Heights approximatly 2 miles downstream from the County Route 13 bridge begin to be affected by water.
25 Low lying areas near the river in Kanawha Falls and Glen Ferris start to have water problems.
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Latitude: 38.138056° N, Longitude: 81.214444° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 27 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 620.39 647.39 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 621.20 648.20 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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