Rivers

Rivers and flooding in Virginia

500 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Virginia. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.

Open the live map with the river flood outlook

Flood outlook

Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.

No significant river flooding is outlined in Virginia in the next five days.

Most likely to flood, September to November

41 of the 49 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Virginia have a stated chance of flooding in this period.

Accotink Creek

Allen Creek

Apple Branch

Appomattox River

Aquia Creek

Archer Creek

Ashville Bridge Creek

at Glasgow IFLOWS

Atlantic Coast

Back Bay

Back Creek

Back Creek (Bath Co. VA)

Back Creek Near Gore

Backlick Run

Banister River

Battle Run

Beaver Creek (VA)

Beaverdam Creek

Beaverpond Creek

Bechner Branch

Beggars Bridge Creek

Big Cedar Creek 1E Lebanon

Big Indian Creek Near Copper Valley

Big Moccasin Creek

Big Otter River

Big Reed Island Creek

Black Gut Canal

Blackberry Creek

Blackwater Creek

Blackwater River

Blackwater River (VA)

Bluestone River

Brick Kiln Creek

Broad Rock Creek

Broad Run

Buckhall Branch

Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek (VA)

Bull Run

Bullpasture River

Burkes Fork

Calfpasture River

Cameron Run

Carvin's Creek

Catawba Creek

Catharpin Creek

Catoctin Creek

Cedar Creek (VA)

Cedar Run

Chesapeake Bay

Chestnut Creek

Chickahominy River

Chincoteague Channel

Christians Creek

Clear Creek (VA)

Clinch River

Colliers Creek

Colvin Run

Conway River At Kinderhook Road

Cowpasture River

Craig Creek

Cranes Nest River

Cripple Creek

Crystal Lake Dam

Cub Creek

Cub Run

Dam Neck Canal

Dan River

Dead Run

Deep Creek

Difficult Run

Dismal Creek

Dodd Creek

Dragon Swamp

Dry Marsh Run

Dunlap Creek

Eastern Branch Elizabeth River

Easy Creek

Elizabeth River

Fall Creek

Falling Creek

Falling River

Fine Creek

Flat Branch

Flat Creek

Flatlick Branch

Four Mile Run

Garnand Branch

Glade Creek

Glade Creek Tributary

Goose Creek

Greasy Creek Near Indian Valley

Great Dismal Swamp Canal

Guest River

Hampton River

Happy Creek

Hardware River

Harris Creek

Harrison Creek

Hazel River

Hell Point Creek

Hogue Creek

Holiday Creek

Holmes Run

Hone Quarry Run

Horsepen Run

Horsley Creek

Hortons Branch

Hughes River

Hyco River

Jackson River

James River

James River (VA)

Jennings Branch

Johns Creek

Jones Creek

Kerrs Creek

Kettle Run

Knitting Mill Creek

Knox Creek

Lake Moomaw

Lake Rudee

Laurel Creek 1SE Damascus

Laymantown Creek

Levisa Fork

Levisa Fork River

Lewis Creek At Church Street

Lewis Creek At Middlebrook Road and Rt. 262

Lewis Creek At Middlebrook Road Near Cedar Green

Lewis Creek At Mill Street

Lick Run in Roanoke

Lieutenant Run Creek

Limestone Branch

Linville Creek

Little River

Little Bull Run

Little Calfpasture River

Little Creek

Little Hunting Creek Trib

Little Neck Creek

Little Nottoway River

Little River

Little River (VA)

London Bridge Creek

Long Creek Canal

Looney Creek

Lower N. Lakes Detention

Lynnhaven River

Maggodee Creek

Mason Creek

Mattaponi River

Maury River

McClure River

Mechums River

Meherrin River

Middle Fork Holston River

Middle River

Middle Run

Milldam Creek

Moormans River

Mountain Run At Old Rixeyville Road

Muddy Creek

Mudlick Creek in Roanoke

Murray Run

N Fork Holston River

N. F. Roanoke River

N.F. Thornton River

Naked Creek

Nansemond River

Nassawadox Creek

New Market Creek

New River

NF Pound River

North Anna River

North Fork Catoctin Creek

North Fork Clinch River

North Fork Goose Creek

North Fork Holston River

North Fork Pound River Lake

North Fork Rivanna River

North Fork Shenandoah River

North Landing River

North Mayo River

North Meherrin River

North River

Northwest River

Nottoway River

Occoquan River

Old Courthouse Spring Branch

Opequon Creek

Orchard Lake Outflow

Pagan River

Pamunkey River

Passage Creek

Peach Bottom Creek

Peak Creek

Peak Creek (VA)

Peters Creek

Peyton's Creek At Gypsy Hill Park

Peyton's Creek At Pump Street

Piankatank River

Pigg River

Piney River

Piney Run

Piney Run (VA)

Piscataway Creek

Po River

Pocoshock Creek

Polecat Creek

Potomac River

Potts Creek

Pound River

Powell River

Preddy Creek At Watts Passage

Pumpkin Creek

Purcell Branch

Quantico Creek

Rabbit Branch

Ragged Island Creek

Rapidan River

Rapidan River At U.S. 15

Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River At Lee Highway

Rappahannock River At Crest Hill Road

Reed Creek

Rich Creek

Rivanna River

Roanoke River

Robinson River

Rockfish River

Rocky Run

Russell Fork River

Salters Creek

Sandy River

SF Powell River

Sideburn Branch

Siebert Creek

Slate Creek

Slate River

Slate Run

Smith Creek

Smith River

South Anna River

South Branch Onancock Creek

South Fork Catoctin Creek

South Fork Holston River

South Fork Powell River

South Fork Quantico Creek

South Fork Rivanna River

South Fork Roanoke River

South Fork Shenandoah River

South Mayo River

South River

South River (VA)

South River AT McMullen Mill

South Run

Spout Run

Stone Creek

Stoney Creek

Stony Creek

Story Creek

SW Branch Back River

Swift Creek

Swift Creek Lake Dam

Swift Creek Reservoir

Thalia Creek

Thornton River

Tinker Creek

Toms Branch Back Creek

Totopotomoy Creek

Town Branch

Tract Fork

Tripps Run

Trout Run Above 5th St. NW in Roanoke

Tye River

Unnamed Tributary

Upper Johns Creek

Upper Machodoc Creek

Walker Creek

Wallen Creek

Ware River

Warwick River

West Creek

West Neck Creek

Whitetop Laurel Creek Near Konnarock

Wilcox Lake Dam

Willow Springs Branch

Witch's Creek

Wolf Creek

York River

Youngs Branch

Sources

Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.