Record of Floods

The flood stage of the Ohio River at Pittsburgh is twenty-five (25) feet.  According to the US Geological Service, elevation of zero of the river at the point is 694.2 feet above sea level.  The following two charts are old newspaper clipplings from unidentified papers.   The first, and oldest, compares the river stages at Pittsburgh and Wheeling.  The second chart lists only the flood stages at various dates for Pittsburgh.

 

Record of Flood stages at Wheeling and Pittsburgh 1907 (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

Record of Flood stages at Wheeling and Pittsburgh 1907 (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

 

Record of flood Stages at Pittsburgh 1762-1940 (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

Record of flood Stages at Pittsburgh 1762-1940 (Anna L and John F Nash Collection)

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