45
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$208K
Property damage
Flood in Randolph County, West Virginia: 45 recorded events between 2007 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #279 nationally and #6 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flood in Randolph County, West Virginia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flood in Randolph County is the 2020s, when 24 of the county's 45 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Randolph County archive, flood makes up 17.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #279 for this hazard and #6 within West Virginia, putting it in the 90.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Feb is the peak month for flood in Randolph County with 13 recorded events, while Jul is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | VALLEY BEND | — | $0 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | MILL CREEK | — | $0 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | MILL CREEK | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | CANFIELD | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | GILMAN | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | WHITMER | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | MONTERVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | ELKINS | 0 | $0 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | MILL CREEK | 0 | $0 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | MILL CREEK | 0 | $150 |
Other hazards here
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- Hail 57
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Numerous roads were closed due to overflowing streams. One example was Indian Creek Road near Huttonsville. A strong rise on the Middle Fork and upper Tygart Valley River flooded fields and caused several roads to remain closed into the afternoon hours. The river gauge on the Tygart Valley River at Mill Creek crested around 13.4 feet on the 11th, or more than 2 feet above bank full.| ||On the Middle Fork, the crest at Ellamore was 1 to 2 feet over bank full during the morning.||There was a water rescue during the morning. A man was trapped in a recreational vehicle near a flood prone stream around Beverly.
High water closed multiple roads across the county. This included sections of Georgetown Road, Pritt Lane and Rack Road in Daily. Water also closed Becky Creek Road near Lee Bell and Route 29 near Whitmer. Adolph Road was washed out in several places near Adolph, and was also closed by mud slide debris near Mill Creek.||The river gage on the Tygart Valley River at Mill Creek showed the Tygart Valley River surpassed its bankfull level of 11 feet around noon on the 2nd. The river crested at 12.4 feet late that evening and returned to its banks during the predawn hours of the 3rd.
Streams feeding into the Shavers Fork and Glady Fork flooded roads and surrounded recreational cabins. The Elkins Fire Department rescued 4 people and their pets. Using ropes, they waded threw waist deep water, to reach a cabin in Bowden around dawn.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flood events are on record in Randolph County, West Virginia?
45 flood events are recorded in Randolph County between 2007 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flood recorded in Randolph County?
The strongest flood on record in Randolph County measured 0.
Where does the flood data for Randolph County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flood in Randolph County, West Virginia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/west-virginia/randolph-county/flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.