The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long river in the United States.It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from far-western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois.It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest tributary by volume of the …

Dyersburg, a city in northwestern Tennessee, experienced the worst flooding with over 600 homes and businesses inundated as the Forked Deer River, a tributary of the Mississippi, flowed backwards into southern areas of the city. On May 10, the river reached 47.8 feet (14.6 m), the highest level reached at Memphis since 1937, when the river there reached a record 48.7 feet …

+ The Great Ohio River Flood of January 1937. ... As the main crest on the Ohio River passed the Wabash River, the effects of backwater were seen at New Harmony and possible as far north as where I-64 is now located. ... Video of the June 2008 Flood; Wikipedia Review of Floods + Northern Indiana Floods of March 1982. During the winter of 1981 ...