Monongahela River at Charleroi Lock and Dam

The past week

What floods at each level

• 42.7 ft

  Water reaches the flood of record...Election Day Flood event...November 5, 1985.

• 39.9 ft

  Water reaches the level of the ST. Patricks Day Flood and crest on March 18, 1936.

• 37 ft

  50 homes are flooded in Roscoe. Flooding also occurs in the towns of Elco, Allenport, and Stockdale.

• 36 ft

  Several homes are flooded on Lynn Street in Roscoe.

• 35.9 ft

  Water levels reach the flood levels of the flood of July 30, 2017.

• 35 ft

  Backwater flooding in Monongahela along Pigeon Creek causes flood waters up to 4.5 feet in businesses in the lowest building in Penos Plaza and up to 6 feet in Armstrong Park. Backwater flooding spreads upstream along Pigeon Creek to the Route 43 overpass on Park Avenue.

• 34.1 ft

  Division of American Chain and Cable Co. In Monessen floods.

• 33.15 ft

  Water reaches the level reached on March 5, 2015.

• 33 ft

  Flooding is widespread in Fayette City.

• 32 ft

  Flooding occurs on Connellsville, Fourth, Cook, and Main Streets in Fayette City

• 31.6 ft

  Lock walls overtopped.

• 30 ft

  Backwater flooding along Pigeon Creek in Monongahela, begins to flood the lowest building in Penos Plaza, Armstrong Park, and closes Wall Street Bridge across Pigeon Creek.

• 29 ft

  Navigation suspended, lock out of service.

• 28 ft

  In Monongahela, backwater flooding along Pigeon Creek begins from the intersection of Park Way and Park Avenue.

• 26.3 ft

  Water reaches the level reached during Hurricane Ivan September 18, 2004.

• 26 ft

  Route 201 in closed due to flooding along Donner's Run.

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