| 43.5 | water approaches the lowest point on Potomac Avenue downriver in Brunswick Maryland. | | 40.0 | water inundates the platform and depot of the MARC Railway Station at Harpers Ferry. | | 33.5 | water reaches the railroad yards downriver in Brunswick Maryland. | | 32.0 | water begins to inundate 2 to 3 dwellings on the low edge of the town of Harpers Ferry WV. | | 29.0 | all buildings along Shenandoah Street are flooded in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 25.5 | water floods National Park Service buildings 34,35,43 and 44. Shenandoah Street is completely covered as water approaches buildings 6 and 7 on Potomac Street in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 24.5 | water floods National Park Service buildings 32,33,33A and 63. Water approaches the front of buildings 8 and 11 on Shenandoah Street in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 23.5 | water begins to inundate National Park Service building number 45 and 34A in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 22.5 | water covers Shenandoah Street to the edge of the business district and standing water in low sections of the roads adjacent to the intersections between Potomac and Shenandoah Streets in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 21.5 | water begins to reach Shenandoah Street and adjacent shuttle bus pavilion in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 20.5 | water begins to flow through the open tunnel between the Potomac River and historic Harpers Ferry. Water reaches the lower edge of town, inundating half of Main Street and half of the shuttle bus parking lot. | | 19.5 | water approaches Bruce and Hamilton Streets in Historic Harpers Ferry. | | 18.0 | water begins to inundate low lying service roads on the Shenandoah River side of Historic Harpers Ferry, due to backwater effects. | | 16.0 | the river begins to overflow onto the C&O Canal Towpath on the Maryland side of the river across from Harpers Ferry WV. |
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1) 36.50 ft on 03/19/1936
2) 34.80 ft on 06/01/1889
3) 33.80 ft on 10/16/1942
4) 33.00 ft on 10/01/1896
5) 30.10 ft on 11/06/1985
6) 29.80 ft on 09/08/1996
7) 29.40 ft on 01/21/1996
8) 29.20 ft on 11/25/1877
9) 29.00 ft on 04/27/1937
10) 27.70 ft on 06/23/1972
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