{ "lid": "WHLW2", "usgsId": "03111520", "reachId": "19453177", "name": "Ohio River at Pike Island Lock and Dam", "description": "", "rfc": { "abbreviation": "OHRFC", "name": "Ohio River Forecast Center" }, "wfo": { "abbreviation": "PBZ", "name": "Moon Township" }, "state": { "abbreviation": "WV", "name": "West Virginia" }, "county": "Ohio", "timeZone": "EST5EDT", "latitude": 40.149722222222, "longitude": -80.701666666667, "pedts": { "observed": "HTIRG", "forecast": "HTIFF" }, "status": { "observed": { "primary": 15.49, "primaryUnit": "ft", "secondary": -999, "secondaryUnit": "kcfs", "floodCategory": "no_flooding", "validTime": "2026-10-18T13:30:00Z" }, "forecast": { "primary": 15.3, "primaryUnit": "ft", "secondary": -999, "secondaryUnit": "kcfs", "floodCategory": "no_flooding", "validTime": "2026-10-18T18:00:00Z" } }, "flood": { "stageUnits": "ft", "flowUnits": "cfs", "categories": { "major": { "stage": 43, "flow": -9999 }, "moderate": { "stage": 39, "flow": -9999 }, "minor": { "stage": 37, "flow": -9999 }, "action": { "stage": 26.4, "flow": -9999 } }, "lro": { "minorCS": "0.07", "moderateCS": "< 0.05", "majorCS": "< 0.05", "producedTime": "2026-10-13T00:44:20Z", "interval": "OND" }, "crests": { "historic": [ { "occurredTime": "1964-03-11T00:00:00Z", "stage": 47.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "R", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1972-06-25T00:00:00Z", "stage": 47.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2004-09-19T09:00:00Z", "stage": 46.3, "flow": 344700, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-01-21T00:00:00Z", "stage": 46, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2005-01-07T13:00:00Z", "stage": 43.04, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2024-04-04T23:15:00Z", "stage": 42.21, "flow": 291098, "preliminary": "P", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1966-02-15T00:00:00Z", "stage": 40.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2018-02-18T00:30:00Z", "stage": 39.79, "flow": 265748, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2018-09-11T14:15:00Z", "stage": 39.34, "flow": 261623, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1991-01-01T00:00:00Z", "stage": 39.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2024-04-13T20:45:00Z", "stage": 38.38, "flow": 253063, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2011-03-12T17:00:00Z", "stage": 38.05, "flow": 249895, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1964-03-07T00:00:00Z", "stage": 37.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1979-02-26T00:00:00Z", "stage": 37.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2004-01-06T08:00:00Z", "stage": 36.4, "flow": 237000, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1970-04-04T00:00:00Z", "stage": 36.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1990-12-20T00:00:00Z", "stage": 35.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1967-03-08T00:00:00Z", "stage": 35.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1975-02-25T00:00:00Z", "stage": 35.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1979-03-06T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1981-02-22T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-11-06T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-02-06T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1976-02-18T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2007-03-16T22:00:00Z", "stage": 33.88, "flow": 211143, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-11-29T00:00:00Z", "stage": 33.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-11-17T00:00:00Z", "stage": 33.2, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-08-20T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1968-02-01T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-05-13T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1979-01-03T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1984-02-16T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-12-10T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1977-04-03T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-01-27T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-05-18T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-03-15T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2007-03-24T14:30:00Z", "stage": 30.83, "flow": 182996, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1968-05-25T00:00:00Z", "stage": 30.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1977-12-16T00:00:00Z", "stage": 30.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-05-19T00:00:00Z", "stage": 29.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-03-13T00:00:00Z", "stage": 28.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1967-05-09T00:00:00Z", "stage": 28.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1982-03-18T00:00:00Z", "stage": 28.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1980-04-10T00:00:00Z", "stage": 27.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-03-16T00:00:00Z", "stage": 27, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1965-01-26T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-02-21T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1987-04-09T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1980-08-19T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1983-05-04T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-01-21T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1976-01-02T00:00:00Z", "stage": 25.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false } ], "recent": [ { "occurredTime": "2024-04-13T20:45:00Z", "stage": 38.38, "flow": 253063, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2024-04-04T23:15:00Z", "stage": 42.21, "flow": 291098, "preliminary": "P", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2018-09-11T14:15:00Z", "stage": 39.34, "flow": 261623, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2018-02-18T00:30:00Z", "stage": 39.79, "flow": 265748, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2011-03-12T17:00:00Z", "stage": 38.05, "flow": 249895, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2007-03-24T14:30:00Z", "stage": 30.83, "flow": 182996, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2007-03-16T22:00:00Z", "stage": 33.88, "flow": 211143, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2005-01-07T13:00:00Z", "stage": 43.04, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2004-09-19T09:00:00Z", "stage": 46.3, "flow": 344700, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "2004-01-06T08:00:00Z", "stage": 36.4, "flow": 237000, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-08-20T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-05-19T00:00:00Z", "stage": 29.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-05-13T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1996-01-21T00:00:00Z", "stage": 46, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1991-01-01T00:00:00Z", "stage": 39.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1990-12-20T00:00:00Z", "stage": 35.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1987-04-09T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-03-16T00:00:00Z", "stage": 27, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-02-21T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-02-06T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1986-01-21T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-11-29T00:00:00Z", "stage": 33.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-11-17T00:00:00Z", "stage": 33.2, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-11-06T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1985-03-13T00:00:00Z", "stage": 28.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1984-02-16T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1983-05-04T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1982-03-18T00:00:00Z", "stage": 28.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1981-02-22T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1980-08-19T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1980-04-10T00:00:00Z", "stage": 27.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1979-03-06T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1979-02-26T00:00:00Z", "stage": 37.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1979-01-03T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-12-10T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-05-18T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-03-15T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1978-01-27T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.8, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1977-12-16T00:00:00Z", "stage": 30.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1977-04-03T00:00:00Z", "stage": 31.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1976-02-18T00:00:00Z", "stage": 34.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1976-01-02T00:00:00Z", "stage": 25.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1975-02-25T00:00:00Z", "stage": 35.4, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1972-06-25T00:00:00Z", "stage": 47.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1970-04-04T00:00:00Z", "stage": 36.3, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1968-05-25T00:00:00Z", "stage": 30.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1968-02-01T00:00:00Z", "stage": 32.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1967-05-09T00:00:00Z", "stage": 28.5, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1967-03-08T00:00:00Z", "stage": 35.6, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1966-02-15T00:00:00Z", "stage": 40.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1965-01-26T00:00:00Z", "stage": 26.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1964-03-11T00:00:00Z", "stage": 47.7, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "R", "olddatum": false }, { "occurredTime": "1964-03-07T00:00:00Z", "stage": 37.9, "flow": 0, "preliminary": "O", "olddatum": false } ] }, "lowWaters": { "historic": [] }, "impacts": [ { "stage": 45, "statement": "Lock walls overtopped." }, { "stage": 39, "statement": "The well house and pump are flooded at the Fairway River Links Golf Course in Rayland Ohio." }, { "stage": 38, "statement": "Navigation suspended, lock out of service." }, { "stage": 37, "statement": "Low lying areas of Wheeling Island begin to flood." }, { "stage": 34, "statement": "Or 13.0 feet on the upper gage, water begins to flood golf course near Tiltonsville." }, { "stage": 22, "statement": "Water reaches the fishing pier on right downstream bank" } ] }, "images": { "probability": { "weekint": { "stage": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/WHLW2.SSTG.prob.weekint.gif", "flow": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/WHLW2.QINE.prob.weekint.gif", "volume": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/WHLW2.volume.prob.weekint.gif" }, "entperiod": { "stage": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/WHLW2.SSTG.exceed.90day.gif", "flow": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/WHLW2.QINE.exceed.90day.gif", "volume": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/exceedance/WHLW2.volume.exceed.90day.gif" }, "shortrange": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/probabilistic/short_term/WHLW2.shortrange.hefs.png" }, "hydrograph": { "default": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/hydrographs/whlw2_hg.png", "floodcat": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/hydrographs/whlw2_record.png" }, "photos": [ { "id": "4470986192219804142", "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 40.149722222222, -80.701666666667 ] }, "properties": { "image": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/photos/whlw2/4470986192219804142.jpeg", "caption": "DCP gage on Pike Island lock wall looking downstream." } }, { "id": "4481567664492253678", "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 40.149722222222, -80.701666666667 ] }, "properties": { "image": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/photos/whlw2/4481567664492253678.jpeg", "caption": "Upper portion of Staff gage on Pike Island lock wall." } }, { "id": "4492297738338177518", "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 40.149722222222, -80.701666666667 ] }, "properties": { "image": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/photos/whlw2/4492297738338177518.jpeg", "caption": "View of Ohio River upstream toward Pike Island dam." } }, { "id": "4501949736738099694", "type": "Feature", "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 40.149722222222, -80.701666666667 ] }, "properties": { "image": "https://water.noaa.gov/resources/photos/whlw2/4501949736738099694.jpeg", "caption": "View of Ohio River downstream past DCP gage." } } ] }, "dataAttribution": [ { "abbrev": "USGS", "text": "03111520", "title": "Observations courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey", "url": "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory/?site_no=03111520" }, { "abbrev": "COE", "text": "Website", "title": "Observations courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers", "url": "https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Locks-and-Dams/Pike-Island-Locks-Dam/" } ], "impactsLowWaters": [], "normalThreshold": { "value": 12, "units": "ft" }, "hydronotes": [ { "statement": "The above river forecast includes future rainfall/snowmelt. Forecast stages may be different if the actual rainfall/snowmelt is different than the forecast rainfall/snowmelt.", "effective": "0101", "expiration": "1231" }, { "statement": "Stage may be affected by ice.", "effective": "0101", "expiration": "0331" } ], "datums": { "vertical": { "value": [ { "label": "North American Vertical Datum of 1988", "abbrev": "NAVD88", "description": "A fixed reference for elevations determined by geodetic leveling. The datum was derived from a general adjustment of the first-order terrestrial leveling nets of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the adjustment, only the height of the primary tidal bench mark, referenced to the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 (IGLD 85) local mean sea level height value, at Father Point, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada was held fixed, thus providing minimum constraint. NAVD 88 and IGLD 85 are identical. However, NAVD 88 bench mark values are given in Helmert orthometric height units while IGLD 85 values are in dynamic heights. See International Great Lakes Datum of 1985, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, and geopotential difference. NAVD 88 should not be used as Mean Sea Level.", "value": 610.74 } ] }, "horizontal": { "value": [] }, "notes": { "value": [] } }, "inundation": { "enabled": false, "url": "", "zeroDatum": null, "downloads": null, "siteSpecificInfo": "", "dataAttribution": [] }, "upstreamLid": "WELW2", "downstreamLid": "WLGW2", "inService": { "enabled": true, "message": "" }, "lowThreshold": null, "forecastReliability": "Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.", "TruncateObs": "-1", "TruncateFcst": "-1", "ObservedFloodCategory": "no_flooding", "ForecastFloodCategory": "no_flooding" }