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.
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
- Rapidan River near Culpeper17% chance of major flooding
- Roanoke River at Brookneal10% chance of major flooding
- South River at Waynesboro near Lyndhurst Road8% chance of major flooding
- South Fork Shenandoah River at Front Royal7% chance of major flooding
- New River at Radford7% chance of major flooding
- South Fork Shenandoah River near Lynnwood7% chance of major flooding
- Roanoke River at Altavista6% chance of major flooding
- Clinch River near Richlands6% chance of major flooding
- New River at Galax6% chance of major flooding
- Nottoway River near Sebrell12% chance of moderate flooding
- Rappahannock River at Remington9% chance of moderate flooding
- New River at Allisonia9% chance of moderate flooding
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
- Appomattox RiverBelow flood stage
- Appomattox RiverBelow flood stage
- Appomattox RiverNo flood stages set
- Appomattox River at FarmvilleBelow flood stage
- Appomattox River at MatoacaBelow flood stage
- Appomattox River at MattoaxBelow flood stage
- Appomattox River at Namozine Creek at Rt 625 near HebronNo flood stages set
- Appomattox River at ROUTE 602 NEAR MANNBOROBelow flood stage
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
- Chesapeake Bay at Cape Charles Harbor at Cape Charles VAOut of service
- Chesapeake Bay at Chesapeake Bay Bridge TunnelOut of service
- Chesapeake Bay at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Kiptopeke (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Mobjack BayOut of service
- Chesapeake Bay at Port Isobel/Tangier Island (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Pungoteague Creek at Harborton (IN MLLW)Out of service
- Chesapeake Bay at Starling Creek at Saxis (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Windmill Point (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Yorktown (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
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
- Elizabeth RiverBelow flood stage
- Elizabeth RiverBelow flood stage
- Elizabeth River at Bailey Creek near Chesapeake VABelow flood stage
- Elizabeth River at Chesapeake VAOut of service
- Elizabeth River at Crown Point at NorfolkOut of service
- Elizabeth River at Money Point (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Elizabeth River at Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Elizabeth River at Route 165 in Virginia BeachBelow flood stage
- Elizabeth River at The Hague at Pedestrian BridgeOut of service
- Elizabeth River at the Midtown Tunnel (in MLLW)Below flood stage
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)
- James River (VA) at Bent CreekBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at Bremo BluffBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at BuchananBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at CartersvilleBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at Fort Monroe (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- James River (VA) at Holcomb RockBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at Jamestown/Scotland Ferry (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- James River (VA) at KANAWHA CANAL near RichmondNo flood stages set
- James River (VA) at Lick RunBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at Richmond LocksBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at Richmond-WesthamBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at ScottsvilleBelow flood stage
- James River (VA) at Sewell's Point (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- James River (VA) at WEYANOKE POINT NEAR CHARLES CITYOut of service
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
- Pound River at Bold Camp Creek near PoundBelow flood stage
- Pound River at Indian Creek near PoundBelow flood stage
- Pound River at John Flannagan LakeNo flood stages set
- Pound River at John Flannagan LakeNo flood stages set
- Pound River at John Flannagan LakeReading out of date
- Pound River at NorlandBelow flood stage
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
- Roanoke River at AltavistaBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at BrooknealBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at BUGGS ISLANDNo flood stages set
- Roanoke River at GlenvarBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at John H. Kerr DamBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at LafayetteBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at NiagaraBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at RandolphBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at RoanokeBelow flood stage
- Roanoke River at Roanoke River at Route 117 at RoanokeOut of service
- Roanoke River at Smith Mountain LakeReading out of date
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
- Unnamed Tributary at Burke Centre Regional PondBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at Dulles Station near HerndonNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Fairfax CenterNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Huntington Ponding AreaBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at Kings Park WestNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Kingstowne Regional PondNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Lake Barton in BurkeBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at Lake Braddock in BurkeBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at Lake Morning Star DamReading out of date
- Unnamed Tributary at New Alexandria Pump Station - UpstreamBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at New Alexandria Storm Water Pumping Station - DownstreamBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at New Alexandria Tide GateBelow flood stage
- Unnamed Tributary at New Alexandria Tide GateBelow flood stage
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.