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Ohio River levels on January 26–27 were the highest known from Gallipolis downstream past Cincinnati. Crests were 20 to 28 feet (8.5 m) above flood stage and 4 to 9 feet (2.7 m) above the previous record of 1884. 12 square miles (31 km 2) of the city's area was flooded, [12] the water supply was cut, and streetcar service was curtailed
The Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam, formerly the Gallipolis Lock and Dam, is the 10th lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 280 miles downstream from Pittsburgh.There are 4 locks: one for commercial barge traffic, 1,200 feet long by 110 feet wide; the auxiliary lock is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide; and there are 2 smaller parallel locks.
This is a list of locks and dams of the Ohio River, which begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at The Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ends at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, in Cairo, Illinois. A map and diagram of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operated locks and dams on the Ohio River.
The Ohio River was at 50 feet at the time of the photograph. According to the National Weather Service, at flood stages near 50 feet water begins to cover parts of Kellogg Avenue from east of ...
The Ohio River will reach a minor flood stage this weekend, the National Weather Service said.. Data from the weather service's forecast office in Wilmington show the river reached over 48 feet at ...
The highest level ever recorded on the Ohio River in Cincinnati was on Jan. 26, during the devastating flood of 1937. Historic crests on the Ohio River in Cincinnati 80 feet on Jan. 26, 1937
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
Gallipolis (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə p ə ˈ l iː s / GAL-ə-pə-LEESS [7]) is a chartered village in and the county seat of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. [8] The municipality is located in Southeast Ohio along the Ohio River about 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Chillicothe and 44 miles (71 km) northwest of Charleston, West Virginia.