HIGHEST AND LOWEST RECORDED OHIO RIVER STAGES AT CINCINNATI BY MONTH

U.S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA

National Weather Service
WFO Wilmington OH
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177

YEAR    JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC 
1951
 HI	48.9	45.5	41.7	41.1	31.6	29.8	19.6	12.6	12.4	12.5	27.4	38.3
 LO	13.8    31.0    30.9    24.0    13.2    12.5    11.9    11.2    11.6    11.7    11.9    13.0
1952  
 HI	46.8	56.9	52.0	34.5	24.9	28.8	14.2	12.6	12.3	12.3	13.0	21.5
 LO	21.2	15.2	14.9	20.1	15.1	12.9	11.3	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.9	10.8
1953
 HI	32.5	30.4	36.3	30.2	34.2	23.5	13.7	12.7	12.4	12.5	12.3	12.7
 LO	12.8	15.9	17.9	19.4	14.9	12.3	12.5	11.5	11.4	11.8	11.9	11.6
1954
 HI	23.2	19.1	34.9	32.4	26.1	16.0	24.3	15.9	12.8	38.5	16.4	26.2
 LO	11.6	11.3	14.1	17.1	12.8	12.2	10.7	11.7	11.6	11.8	12.2	12.8
1955 
 HI	40.1	47.4	61.0	30.0	30.3	15.6	13.8	13.3	12.3	14.3	22.0	16.7
 LO	13.0	12.2	31.1	13.6	12.3	11.9	11.6	11.4	11.4	11.6	11.9	11.6
1956 
 HI	22.0	50.5	53.0	42.1	32.9	35.1	26.5	32.2	16.6	13.0	13.0	40.0
 LO	11.8	26.5	29.3	22.1	18.1	12.0	13.2	12.3	12.2	11.8	12.0	12.4
1957 
 HI	39.2	49.9	32.0	52.2	25.5	20.0	21.0	12.4	12.6	12.7	23.3	37.9
 LO	12.7	18.6	15.6	19.9	12.5	12.3	11.6	11.3	11.6	11.5	11.7	12.8
1958 
 HI	36.1	31.9	34.3	40.9	57.9	26.0	42.0	38.2	14.9	13.1	13.8	21.6
 LO	12.4	12.1	16.8	20.4	13.3	12.4	11.9	12.5	12.0	11.8	12.1	12.0
1959 
 HI	55.3	46.9	31.0	36.3	30.1	19.9	13.5	12.7	12.5	15.0	24.3	35.8
 LO	12.5	23.7	18.2	18.8	12.6	11.7	11.4	11.3	11.5	11.7	12.5	15.3

YEAR    JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC 
1960 
 HI	39.1	39.2	31.3	45.8	30.5	20.9	23.8	13.1	12.7	12.5	13.2	12.8
 LO  	16.7  	17.9 	13.3	12.6	12.5	12.0	12.0	11.5	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4
1961 
 HI  	26.8	46.5	53.0	43.0	55.0	35.0	24.3	24.0	12.8	14.0	26.3	35.6
 LO  	11.7	11.1	27.0	25.3	13.5	12.6	12.0	11.9	11.6	11.5	12.1	12.7
1962 
 HI	37.1	53.9	61.3	42.3	17.2	14.3	13.4	12.4	12.4	12.7	29.6	31.7
 LO	12.9	17.4	30.1	16.3	12.2	12.2	11.7	11.8	11.2	11.5	11.6	14.0
1963 
 HI  	33.9	32.7	59.4	41.9	27.8	30.2	26.3	27.0	26.5	25.9	27.8	27.3
 LO  	24.2	24.6	25.0	24.8	25.0	25.5	25.5	25.9	25.6	25.4	25.8	25.3
1964 
 HI  	30.9	29.3	66.0	44.9	34.0	27.0	26.9	27.0	26.7	26.8	27.5	32.9
 LO  	25.6	23.9	26.1	28.5	25.8	25.7	25.7	25.3	25.6	25.6	25.8	26.1
1965  
 HI  	37.9	42.3	46.8	45.6	35.0	26.7	26.7	26.3	28.1	27.2	27.2	26.9
 LO  	26.1	26.3	29.0	31.5	26.4	25.8	24.9	25.2	25.8	26.0	25.9	25.8
1966 
 HI  	36.8	52.9	32.6	46.3	51.3	26.7	27.1	26.9	27.4	27.7	29.1	44.3
 LO  	25.7	25.7	27.0	26.6	26.2	25.9	25.9	25.8	25.7	25.8	25.2	25.8
1967 
 HI  	30.1	32.2	59.8	35.4	49.8	27.9	26.9	26.7	27.2	27.3	28.8	32.6
 LO  	26.1	26.7	27.2	29.4	14.8	26.0	25.9	25.7	25.8	25.8	26.3	26.7
1968
 HI  	34.0	44.0	44.2	41.6	56.8	53.6	26.7	29.2	26.4	27.2	29.1	35.6
 LO  	26.4	26.0	25.9	26.4	26.4	26.1	25.6	25.7	25.6	25.8	25.8	26.5
1969 
 HI  	39.9	40.7	30.8	34.9	32.8	27.5	28.7	31.1	26.8	26.5	27.5	37.3
 LO  	26.3	26.6	26.1	27.7	26.3	27.5	26.0	25.4	25.8	25.7	25.9	26.0

YEAR    JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC 
1970 
 HI	44.7	41.6	37.4	50.3	40.9	27.4	27.2	27.2	26.9	29.1	32.8	44.9
 LO	26.0	27.6	27.7	29.0	26.4	26.0	25.7	25.9	25.8	25.9	26.6	27.3
1971 
 HI  	40.4	47.7	41.6	28.9	44.8	28.1	28.3	30.2	31.4	27.5	27.0	37.9
 LO  	26.9	26.6	28.1	25.8	26.2	26.1	25.5	25.6	25.8	25.8	25.7	26.8
1972 
 HI  	39.9	48.9	47.7	51.4	33.9	44.6	41.5	28.4	26.4	27.9	35.5	53.8
 LO  	27.3	26.8	30.6	27.9	26.0	25.8	25.7	25.6	25.4	25.9	27.5	29.3
1973 
 HI  	33.7	38.8	46.7	48.9	49.3	34.4	27.5	27.0	26.3	27.6	46.7	47.2
 LO  	26.5	27.0	27.3	31.0	27.8	26.6	25.9	25.4	25.8	25.4	26.0	27.1
1974 
 HI  	53.5	37.6	44.5	44.9	40.6	43.1	30.0	29.1	32.7	26.9	30.4	37.4
 LO  	31.2	28.2	28.9	27.1	26.8	26.1	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.8	26.0	29.6
1975 
 HI  	39.1	48.3	50.0	49.5	44.9	31.1	26.9	28.0	38.8	40.4	33.1	34.6
 LO  	30.6	31.4	31.1	27.1	27.6	25.7	25.1	25.5	25.8	26.0	25.9	26.6
1976 
 HI  	39.9	48.9	47.7	51.4	33.9	44.6	41.5	28.4	26.4	27.9	35.5	53.8
 LO  	27.3	28.5	28.8	25.9	25.8	25.6	25.9	25.5	25.7	26.0	25.7	26.1
1977 
 HI  	26.5	42.6	41.8	50.9	33.3	27.1	27.6	31.7	27.5	30.2	31.6	42.0
 LO  	25.6	25.4	30.1	26.4	25.8	25.4	26.1	25.9	25.7	26.2	26.2	29.2
1978 
 HI  	54.0	41.6	54.9	41.0	39.9	29.9	30.4	28.7	28.3	27.8	29.0	58.4
 LO  	27.1	27.0	26.4	28.2	27.7	26.3	26.0	26.3	25.9	26.0	25.6	27.2
1979
 HI  	48.6	57.8	58.6	42.8	27.6	32.8	32.7	34.9	42.0	36.9	40.9	38.3
 LO  	32.3	26.3	29.8	27.9	26.7	26.5	26.2	26.2	26.5	26.6	27.1	27.4
YEAR    JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC 
1980 
 HI	36.9	35.2	43.8	43.2	34.1	33.9	34.8	38.7	26.9	26.9	29.1	29.7
 LO	27.4	25.8	26.6	27.5	26.3	25.7	26.3	26.3	25.7	25.8	25.8	26.0
1981 
 HI  	27.9	46.4	39.7	39.4	39.3	47.3	28.4	26.6	27.4	28.9	27.9	35.0
 LO  	25.9	26.9	27.1	28.4	27.3	27.8	25.8	25.7	25.6	25.5	25.9	26.4
1982 
 HI  	43.4	43.0	48.1	36.1	34.6	36.4	29.7	27.0	27.2	26.6	31.1	35.7
 LO  	27.0	28.4	28.1	26.5	26.2	26.1	25.8	25.8	26.0	25.8	26.0	27.3
1983 
 HI  	32.8	37.1	35.8	42.7	51.7	31.4	29.0	26.5	26.8	31.3	33.3	38.2
 LO  	26.5	27.0	27.3	31.0	27.8	26.6	25.9	25.4	25.8	25.4	26.0	27.1
1984 
 HI  	32.4	45.1	47.0	47.3	45.0	36.4	29.5	29.4	26.8	27.6	31.1	40.8
 LO  	26.8	28.2	28.8	31.6	28.3	26.1	26.1	26.1	25.7	25.8	26.1	27.2
1985 
 HI  	36.4	47.9	47.3	46.5	33.8	30.2	28.3	26.8	26.4	27.1	50.0	52.3
 LO  	26.5	27.0	28.4	26.3	26.4	25.9	25.7	25.9	25.9	25.6	25.9	26.4
1986 
 HI  	36.2	49.7	44.6	28.8	27.8	29.2	32.1	26.5	27.3	31.1	40.7	41.6
 LO  	26.0	27.7	27.4	26.2	26.0	26.1	26.1	25.8	25.7	26.0	26.0	27.5
1987 
 HI  	38.2	31.3	36.1	49.3	33.9	27.3	31.1	27.1	27.5	26.8	26.8	34.6
 LO  	26.6	26.7	26.1	30.4	26.3	26.0	25.4	25.8	26.0	26.1	25.9	26.8
1988 
 HI  	36.6	44.8	40.1	34.8	29.4	26.5	27.4	26.5	26.6	26.7	33.6	35.6
 LO  	26.3	26.8	26.9	26.7	26.2	26.0	25.9	26.1	26.0	26.1	26.1	25.9
1989
 HI  	40.6	52.2	47.9	47.6	46.4	44.1	33.8	31.3	32.7	40.5	37.0	28.8
 LO  	26.7	26.5	28.0	27.5	32.1	28.1	26.1	26.2	25.9	26.1  	26.4  	26.2
YEAR    JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC 
1990 
 HI	44.3	47.0	31.5	35.2	46.1	45.0	36.1	29.1	28.4	34.3	29.4	52.9
 LO	27.6	30.3	27.7	27.1	26.1	26.3	26.3	26.1	26.0	26.5	26.2	26.8
1991 
 HI	56.9	43.3	47.5	44.7	28.3	27.1	27.5	26.6	26.9	26.6	28.8	45.4
 LO	29.3	30.6	28.9	28.0	26.2	26.3	26.3	26.1	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.3
1992 
 HI  	32.7	35.3	42.8	35.6	32.3	29.3	36.3	31.8	29.0	26.7	31.6	36.6
 LO  	26.6  	26.2 	28.2 	27.5	26.1	26.1	26.0	26.2 	26.3	26.1 	26.3 	26.5
1993 
 HI  	35.9	42.8	51.6	46.9	36.7	29.1	27.8	26.6	27.0	27.3	36.4	43.6
 LO  	28.1	26.7	28.2	30.7	26.2	25.9	26.2	26.1	26.0	26.2	26.4	26.7
1994 
 HI	54.6	54.3	52.3	51.2	44.4	27.6	27.6	32.9	27.6	26.7	28.2	35.2
 LO  	27.0	33.2	33.5	28.9	26.6	26.3	26.4	26.3	26.2	26.1	26.5	26.6
1995 
 HI  	45.3	38.8	38.9    30.2    50.6    34.0    28.4	30.6	26.6	27.0	29.2	38.7
 LO  	26.4	26.2    26.9    26.6    26.9    26.4    26.2	25.9	26.1	26.0	26.2	26.1
1996
 HI	57.3	46.1	46.5	42.0	53.7	41.5	36.1	32.5	31.7	31.7	38.5	44.7
 LO	26.6	28.0	31.7	27.5	35.0	26.7	25.9	26.1	26.3	26.1	26.7	29.7
1997 
 HI     39.1	38.1	64.7	35.1	37.3	41.7	29.3	30.0	27.1	27.3	28.7	29.5
 LO     26.3	28.1	30.8	26.6	27.8	26.6	25.9	26.3	26.2	26.4	26.4	26.3
1998 
 HI	49.3	42.9	44.1	46.7	42.7	42.7	46.8	26.5	26.5	26.8	26.6	27.7
 LO	26.5	28.2	28.0	27.9	26.2	26.0	26.2	26.0	25.9	26.1	26.0	25.9
1999
 HI	45.8	36.0	41.5	32.9	29.4	26.7	26.7	26.6	26.6	26.8	29.9	35.6 
 LO	26.2	27.0	27.5	27.1	26.1	26.0	25.9	26.2	26.1	26.2	26.1	26.1
 
YEAR    JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC 
2000
 HI	31.7	54.5	35.7	44.3	30.8	30.8	28.3	29.3	29.2	26.9	26.8	38.5
 LO	26.2	26.1	26.1	27.0	26.2	26.1	26.1	26.1	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.2
2001
 HI	32.1*	42.1	34.6	38.8	44.3	34.1	34.1	34.6	27.1	26.9	28.8	33.1
 LO	26.2*	27.9	27.2	27.1	26.4	26.4	26.4	26.3	26.1	26.1	26.2	26.4
2002
 HI	36.2	32.0	50.4	44.7	44.8	36.9	27.4	27.0	26.9	28.0	30.3	35.8
 LO	26.1	25.9	26.4	28.5	27.4	26.2	26.1	26.1	26.1	26.1	26.6	26.4
2003
 HI	40.4	50.8	42.0	41.8	46.2	43.6	35.9	31.1	39.5	30.2	49.8	39.8
 LO	27.6*	27.3*	29.6	26.9	26.9	26.6	26.4	26.1	26.2	26.3	27.2	30.1
2004
 HI	53.4	50.5	48.1	50.0	45.0	44.8	30.3	30.7	51.2	32.5	33.6	41.9		
 LO	28.3*	28.0*	28.1	31.1	27.1	26.7	26.2	26.3	26.2	26.8	26.2	28.2
2005
 HI	56.7	38.8	38.6	46.9	39.5	27.2	27.0	28.6	28.0	27.8	28.5	35.1
 LO	30.0	30.0	29.8	27.0	26.5	26.0	25.8	26.3	26.7	26.1	26.4	26.6
 
2006
 HI	34.8	33.4	39.4	34.2	30.0	33.4	33.4	28.0	31.4	41.7	40.6	33.0
 LO	28.0	27.3	26.5	27.4	26.5	26.3	26.6	26.2	26.6	27.1	27.3	26.8
 
2007
 HI	46.9	38.8*	48.1	47.3	30.9	26.8	26.8	27.5	26.7	27.4	29.9	47.7	
 LO	28.8	27.9*	30.0	28.0	26.1	26.1	26.1	26.1	25.9	26.2	26.3	27.9
 
2008
 HI	40.6
 LO	26.7
 
 
* Gage frozen over - exact stage not known
 
 
 


FLOOD CRESTS
Highest Annual/Lowest Annual
(Revised January 2008)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

NWSFO WILMINGTON OH

1901 SOUTH STATE ROUTE 134

WILMINGTON, OHIO 45177

This tabulation represents a continuous record since June 1, 1858 of Flood Crests or highest annual and lowest annual stages of the Ohio River at Cincinnati. These readings are based on observations taken at the following locations.

LOCATION OF GAGE	FROM		TO           FT ABOVE MSL 

Old Water Works       JUN 01, 1858    OCT 07, 1908  430.06    ORD
Foot of Broadway      OCT 08, 1908    DEC 31, 1934  429.763   ORD
West End Power Plant  JAN 01, 1935    DEC 31, 1946  428.80    ORD
Suspension Bridge     JAN 01, 1947    Present       429.613   ORD

(ORD) Ohio River Datum

Flood Stage at Cincinnati:
                  1873         through                  1893........45 feet
                  1899         through      MAR 31, 1922........50 feet
                  APR 01, 1922 through          Present........52 feet

    Sources of information used in compiling this continuous record:
  1. Stages of Mississippi River above Cairo.
    Mississippi River Commission 2d ed. 1891.
    Cincinnati stages June 1, 1858 to December 31, 1886.
  2. U.S. Weather Bureau, Daily River Stages,
    Cincinnati Stages November 1, 1874 to present.
    Note: For the period November 1, 1874 to December 31, 1889 the records were under the Army Signal Corps

The few crest-stages to the right have not been documented nor tied in with any specific gage. It is only given to offer some idea of floods prior to 1858. This crest-stage information was taken from old records on file in the Ohio River Forecast Center of the Weather Bureau in Cincinnati. 

U.S. DOC, NOAA, NWS, Weather Forecast Office, Wilmington, Ohio

DATE  CREST-STAGE
1773	76.0 feet	
1774	65.0 feet	
1786	59.0 feet	
1789	62.0 feet	
1792	63.0 feet	
1793	57.0 feet
1815 MAR - APR	62.0 feet
1832 FEB 18	64.2 feet
1828	58.0 feet
1847 DEC 17	63.6 feet
1852 APR 02	54.0 feet
FLOOD CREST OR HIGHEST     LOWEST ANNUAL STAGE
     ANNUAL STAGE
YEAR	DATE	FEET	YEAR	  DATE		FEET

1858	JUN 16	43.7	1858	* SEP 28	 2.4
1859	FEB 22	55.4	1859	  SEP 12	 4.0
1860	APR 17	49.1	1860	  SEP 29	 5.7
1861	APR 20	49.4	1861	* JUL 03	 5.2
1862	JAN 24	57.3	1862	* OCT 08	 2.3
1862	APR 26	52.2	
1863	MAR 12	42.8	1863	* OCT 06	 2.5
1864	DEC 23	45.1	1864	  AUG 06	 3.1
1865	MAR 07	56.2	1865	  OCT 19	 5.7
1866	SEP 26	41.2	1866	* AUG 17	 4.8
1867	MAR 15	55.7	1867	* OCT 19	 3.0
1868	MAR 30	48.2	1868	  JUL 28	 5.1
1869	APR 02	48.8	1869	* AUG 27	 5.3
1870	JAN 19	55.2	1870	  OCT 05	 3.0
1871	MAY 13	40.5	1871	* OCT 11	 2.7
1872	APR 13	41.8	1872	  OCT 14	 3.0
1873	DEC 18	44.4	1873	  OCT 12	 3.7
1874	JAN 11	47.9	1874	  SEP 22	 2.3
1875	AUG 06	55.4	1875	  SEP 18	 4.1
1876	JAN 29	51.8	1876	  SEP 04	 6.2
1877	JAN 20	53.0	1877	* Oct 07	 3.4
1878	DEC 15	41.2	1878	  OCT 22	 4.3
1879	DEC 27	42.3	1878	  OCT 23	 2.4
1880	FEB 17	53.2	1880	* OCT 28	 3.8
1881	FEB 16	50.8	1881	* SEP 17	 1.9
1882	FEB 21	58.6	1882	  NOV 01	 6.0
1883	FEB 15	66.3	1883	* SEP 20	 3.6
1884	FEB 14	71.1	1884	  SEP 26	 2.5
1885	JAN 20	46.0	1885	* OCT 11	 3.9
1886	APR 09	55.8	1886	  NOV 02	 3.0
1887	FEB 06	56.3	1887	* SEP 17	 2.8
1887	FEB 28	54.3
1888	APR 01	39.9	1888	  AUG 07	 5.5
1889	FEB 22	38.3	1889	  SEP 13	 5.3
1890	MAR 01	56.9	1890	* AUG 04	 5.8
1890	MAR 25	59.2
1891	FEB 25	57.4	1891	* OCT 10	 4.5
1892	APR 25	43.8	1892	* NOV 05	 3.5
1893	FEB 20	54.9	1893	* AUG 29	 3.6
1894	FEB 15	35.6	1894	* SEP 14	 3.1
1895	JAN 14	48.4	1895	* OCT 27	 2.3
1896	APR 04	47.7	1896	  SEP 25	 5.5
1897	FEB 26	61.2	1897	  OCT 26	 3.0
1898	JAN 26	52.2	1898	  OCT 06	 4.5
1898	MAR 29	61.4	
1899	MAR 08	57.4	1899	  NOV 02	 3.4
1900	DEC 01	40.0	1900	  OCT 21	 3.1
1901	APR 27	59.7	1901	* NOV 11	 4.2
1902	MAR 05	50.9	1902	* SEP 24	 3.9
1903	MAR 05	53.2	1903	* OCT 07	 4.5
1904	MAR 09	45.9	1904	* OCT 06	 3.3
1905	MAR 13	48.3	1905	  OCT 11	 6.5
1906	APR 02	50.4	1906	  SEP 22	 7.1
1907	JAN 21	65.2	1907	  OCT 31	 7.0
1907	MAR 19	62.1	
1908	MAR 11	53.4	1908	* OCT 06	 2.8
1908	APR 04	55.9	
1909	FEB 28	54.6	1909	  OCT 15	 3.6
1910	MAR 07	51.8	1910	* AUG 28	 4.0
1911	FEB 03	49.1	1911	  JUL 25	 4.6
1912	MAR 27	53.4	1912	  JUL 18	 6.7
1913	JAN 14	62.2	1913	# JUN 27	 7.5
1913	APR 01	69.9	
1914	APR 04	47.2	1914	* JUN 04	 8.2
1915	FEB 07	55.9	1915	  DEC 12	 9.0
1916	JAN 14	53.2	1916	 # OCT 31	 7.8
1916	APR 01	53.5	
1917	MAR 17	56.1	1917	 # JUN 25	 9.3
1918	FEB 01-02	61.2	   JUN 19	 6.6
1918	FEB 12	61.8	
1919	JAN 06	52.0	1919	 # JUN 11	 9.6
1920 	MAR 22	54.6	1920	 # OCT 25	 8.0
1920	APR 23	52.6	
1921	DEC 27	56.1	1921	   JUN 11	 6.1
1922	MAR 18	52.2	1922	   AUG 31	 6.5
1923	FEB 05	47.6	1923	#  OCT 22	 6.8
1924	JAN 06	55.8	1924	   JUL 22	 6.0
1925	FEB 18	42.3	1925	   DEC 25	 8.2
1926	JAN 25	46.3	1926	   MAY 28	 6.4
1927	JAN 27	59.1	1927	   OCT 30	 5.3
1928	JUL 02	43.8	1928	   MAR 09	11.0
1929	MAR 04	52.7	1929	   OCT 12	10.0
1930	JAN 15	41.0	1930	   MAY 09	 9.5
1931	APR 08	44.1	1931	#  FEB 27	 9.7
1932	FEB 07	50.4	1932	#  SEP 19	11.4
1933	MAR 21	63.6	1933	*# JUL 15	11.5
1933	MAY 15	54.1
1934	MAR 09	46.6	1934	   FEB 16	 7.8
1935	MAR 16	52.4	1935	#  OCT 21	 8.4
1936	MAR 28	60.6	1936	#  JUN 20	12.0
1936	APR 10	54.0
1937	JAN 26	80.0	1937	#  JUL 24	12.1
1938	APR 13	44.2	1938	#  NOV 09	12.2
1939	FEB 07	58.3	1939	   DEC 26	12.1
1939	APR 19	58.1
1940	APR 25	60.0	1940	   FEB 01	10.6
1941	JUN 09	35.5	1941	#  OCT 07	12.3
1942	DEC 31	50.4	1942	#  APR 27	11.0
1943	JAN 04	60.8	1943	#  JUN 22	11.6
1943	MAR 23	59.9
1944	APR 16	48.6	1944	#  JAN 11	12.1
1945	MAR 07	69.2	1945	#  SEP 03	12.2
1946	JAN 12	47.3	1946	#  OCT 02	11.8
1947	JAN 24	41.0	1947	#  SEP 22	10.0
1948	FEB 18	54.0	1948	*# JAN 21	11.3
1948	APR 18	64.8
1949	JAN 30	52.6	1949	#  OCT 28	11.1
1950	JAN 11	52.9	1950	#  AUG 25	11.8
1950	FEB 05	59.0	
1950	DEC 10	56.0@@
1951	JAN 19	49.0	1951	#  AUG 28	11.2
1952	FEB 02	56.9	1952	#  DEC 19	10.3
1952	MAR 26	52.0
1953	MAR 07	36.3	1953	#  SEP 03	11.4
1954	OCT 21	38.5	1954	#  FEB 04	10.0
1955	MAR 10	61.0	1955	*# AUG 06	11.5
1956	MAR 18	53.2	1956	*# JAN 28	11.8
1957	APR 11	52.3	1957	*# AUG 13	11.3
1958	MAY 10	58.0	1958	#  OCT 30	11.8
1959	JAN 26	55.5	1959	#  SEP 11	11.2
1960	APR 08	45.8	1960	*# SEP 03	11.3
1961	MAR 07	53.2	1961	   FEB 09	10.2
1961	MAR 09	55.35
1962	MAR 03	61.27	1962	   SEP 30	11.0
1963	MAR 10	59.4	1963	   JAN 31	24.2##
1963	MAR 18	59.3 (minor crest, same flood)
1964	MAR 11	66.2	1964	   AUG 17	25.3
1965	MAR 29	47.2	1965	   JUL 30	24.9
1966	FEB 18	53.0	1966	   JAN 28	25.7
1967	MAR 11	59.8	1967	   MAY 27-31	14.7**
1967	MAR 18	55.1	1967	   AUG 18, 24	25.7
1968	MAY 30	56.8++	1968	   JUL 13	25.6
1969	FEB 04	40.7	1969	   AUG 14	25.4
1970	APR 05	50.3	1970	   JUL 29	25.7
1971	FEB 23	47.68	1971	   JUL 09-10	25.5
1972	DEC 13	53.81	1972	   SEP 25	25.4
1973	MAY 01	49.25	1973	   AUG 29	25.43
1974	JAN 14	53.49	1974	   AUG 22	25.76
1975	MAR 24	50.04	1975	   AUG 30	25.14
1976	FEB 21	48.86	1976	   AUG 21	25.55
1977	APR 08	50.9	1977	   JUN 02	25.4
1978	JAN 29	54.0	1978	   NOV 06	25.6
1978	DEC 12	58.4
1979	MAR 01	58.6	1979	   AUG 10	26.15
1980	MAR 22	43.88	1980	   SEP 19	25.71
1981	JUN 10	47.33	1981	   OCT 16	25.56
1982	MAR 20	48.15	1982	   OCT 09	25.80
1983	MAY 06	51.8	1983	   JUL 28	25.8
1984	APR 25	47.4	1984	   SEP 04	25.7
1985	DEC 02	52.5@	1985	   OCT 31	25.6
1986	FEB 02	49.7	1986	   SEP 13	25.9
1987	APR 11	49.3	1987	   JUL 20	25.4
1988	FEB 06	44.8	1988	   JUL 03	25.9
1989	FEB 19	52.2	1989	   SEP 11	25.9
1990	DEC 22	52.9	1990	   SEP 04	26.0
1991	JAN 03	56.9	1991	   AUG 08	26.1
1992	MAR 22	42.8	1992	   JUL 13	26.0
1993	MAR 08	51.6	1993	   JUN 20	25.9
1994	JAN 31	54.6	1994	   OCT 22	26.1
1994	MAR 13	52.3	1994	   AUG 09	26.3
1995	MAY 23	50.6	1995	   AUG 27	25.9
1996	JAN 24	57.3	1996	   JUL 09	25.9
1996	MAY 17	53.7	1996	   JUL 14	26.1
1997	MAR 05	64.7	1997	   JUL 20	25.9
1998	JAN 12  49.3	1998	  *DEC 03	25.9
1998	JUL 02  46.8
1999	MAR 09  41.5	1999	   JUL 04	25.9
2000	FEB 22  54.5	2000	  *SEP 02	26.0
2001	MAY 25	44.3	2001	  *SEP 24	26.1
2002	MAR 23	50.4	2002	   FEB 19	25.9
2003	FEB 26	50.8	2003	   AUG 28	26.1
2004	JAN 09	53.4	2004	   AUG 20	26.2
	SEP 21  51.2	
2005    JAN 10  56.7    2005       JUL 12       25.8
2006	OCT 22	41.7	2006^^	   AUG 12	25.2
2007	MAR 20	48.1	2007	   SEP 09	25.9
^^ Oct 2006 - highest October crest on record
 
#  POOL STAGE
*  OTHER DATES ALSO
@  EARLIEST SEASONAL FLOOD
@@ SECOND  EARLIEST SEASONAL FLOOD
** SEVEN OF 14 BARGES WHICH BROKE LOSE ABOVE MARKLAND DAM
   LODGED AGAINST THE DAM AND PREVENTED CLOSING OF SOME
   GATES.  LOWEST OF THE YEAR EXCEPT THIS PERIOD WAS 25.7

## EFFECTIVE JANUARY 01, 1963, UPON THE ACTIVATION OF MARKLAND
   DAM, THE NORMAL POOL STAGE AT CINCINNATI WAS RAISED TO 25.4 FEET.  

++ LATEST IN THE SPRING OF ANY KNOW FLOOD CREST.  THE STAGE
   FOR JUNE 1ST WAS 53.6, THE EARLIEST KNOWN SEASONAL FLOOD
   CREST OCCURRED DECEMBER 02, 1985, AFTER FLOOD STAGE WAS
   REACHED THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 1ST.


OHIO RIVER AT CINCINNATI...NUMBER OF CRESTS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 52 FEET BY MONTH.

|PERIOD |JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC|TOTAL|

|1858-1899|4   |  10|     6|     2|     0|     0|    0|     1|    0|     0|     0|     0|       23|

|1900-1950| 10|   7|   13|     9|     1|     0|    0|     0|    0|     0|     0|     2|       42|

|1951-2000|   6|    4|   14|     1|     3|     0|    0|     0|    0|     0|     0|     4|       32|

|2001-2006|   2|    1|    0|     0|     0|     0|    0|     0|     0|    0|     0|     0|        3|

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|1858-2006| 22|   22|   33|    12|     4|     0|    0|     1|    0|     0|     0|     6|    100|*

* TOTAL CRESTS THROUGH  2007