The Ohio River hit a crest of 28.3 feet Thursday afternoon ... Thursday's crest is far from the record, a title belonging to the monster flood of January 1937, which crested at 52 feet at the upper ...
Though the river crested lower than the 1913 flood, it was the devastation caused by this 1937 disaster that prompted the building of the floodwall that now protects Parkersburg. River stage of 51 ...
The Ohio River hit a crest of 28.3 feet Thursday ... Thursday's crest is far from the record, a title belonging to the monster flood of January 1937, which crested at 52 feet at the upper gauge.