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Monongahela River at Morgantown Lock and Dam

Critical Stages
15.9' - Action
22' - Flood
26' - Moderate
27' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 9:15 PM EST 12/17/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 10 ft

Flow: 12 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
1 AM 12/18 9.9 11.1
7 AM 12/18 10 12
1 PM 12/18 10 12
7 PM 12/18 10 12
1 AM 12/19 10.2 13.5
7 AM 12/19 10.6 16.6
1 PM 12/19 10.8 17.8
7 PM 12/19 10.9 18.4
1 AM 12/20 10.8 17.8
7 AM 12/20 10.7 17.2
1 PM 12/20 10.6 16.6
7 PM 12/20 10.5 16
1 AM 12/21 10.4 15.1
7 AM 12/21 10.3 14.3
1 PM 12/21 10.3 14.3
7 PM 12/21 10.2 13.5
1 AM 12/22 10.2 13.5
7 AM 12/22 10.2 13.5
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
9:15 PM 12/17 10 12
9:00 PM 12/17 10.15 13.1
8:45 PM 12/17 10.05 12.4
8:30 PM 12/17 10.11 12.8
8:15 PM 12/17 10.08 12.6
8:00 PM 12/17 10.07 12.5
7:45 PM 12/17 10.08 12.6
7:30 PM 12/17 10.32 14.5
7:15 PM 12/17 10.19 13.4
7:00 PM 12/17 10.26 14
6:45 PM 12/17 10.23 13.7
6:30 PM 12/17 10.21 13.6
6:15 PM 12/17 10.23 13.7
6:00 PM 12/17 10.31 14.4
5:45 PM 12/17 10.22 13.6
5:30 PM 12/17 10.22 13.6
5:15 PM 12/17 10.23 13.7
5:00 PM 12/17 10.21 13.6
4:45 PM 12/17 10.19 13.4
4:30 PM 12/17 10.27 14
4:15 PM 12/17 10.21 13.6
4:00 PM 12/17 10.22 13.6
3:45 PM 12/17 10.15 13.1
3:30 PM 12/17 10.12 12.9
3:15 PM 12/17 10.08 12.6
3:00 PM 12/17 10.19 13.4
2:45 PM 12/17 10.17 13.3
2:30 PM 12/17 10.17 13.3
2:15 PM 12/17 10.02 12.1
2:00 PM 12/17 10.04 12.3
Hydrograph for Monongahela River at Morgantown Lock and Dam
31' - Lock walls overtopped.
25' - Navigation suspended, lock out of service. Backwater flooding begins on several small streams in the Morgantown area.
DateStage (ft)
Nov 6, 1985 27.7
Aug 18, 1980 23.8
Feb 19, 2000 23.7
Mar 7, 1967 23.7
Mar 5, 1963 23.1
May 24, 1968 21.5
Jan 26, 1978 21.2
Dec 14, 2007 21.05
Nov 20, 2003 20.8
Jun 6, 1981 20.5
Dec 9, 1978 20.5
Dec 14, 1956 20.3
Jan 19, 1996 19.9
May 4, 2009 19.87
Jan 11, 1974 19.6
Mar 20, 1963 19.4
Aug 6, 1956 18.4
May 7, 1967 18.3
Feb 23, 2003 18.05
Mar 5, 2015 18.01

Data provided by the National Weather Service.