Rivers in Virginia

Bull Run near Manassas Park

Fairfax County, VirginiaNWS MPBV2Sterling office

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Moderate flood20.00 ft
Minor flood12.00 ft
Action11.00 ft
  1. 20.00 ftLake Drive is flooded near Manassas in multiple locations. Two homes in the area begin to flood from overland flow. Significant flooding is occurring on trails and in backyards in the area along Bull Run.
  2. 15.00 ftBackyards are flooded along Lake Drive in Manassas, along with much of the Bull Run trail system.
  3. 12.00 ftWater covers backyards in the Yorkshire area and some items may need to be relocated to higher ground. Portions of the trail system along Bull Run in the vicinity of Yorkshire are also flooded.

Crest history

22 crests on NOAA’s list since 2018.

#DateStage
1July 22, 201820.20 ft
2March 22, 201916.72 ft
3January 10, 202416.51 ft
4December 16, 201815.63 ft
5August 1, 201815.10 ft
6December 23, 202214.82 ft
7September 28, 201814.64 ft
8July 26, 201814.23 ft
9April 13, 202014.04 ft
10May 6, 201913.55 ft
11August 22, 201813.54 ft
12November 25, 201813.48 ft
13January 25, 201913.48 ft
14January 28, 202413.00 ft
15January 20, 201912.62 ft
16January 25, 202012.51 ft
17January 25, 202012.51 ft
18May 19, 201812.44 ft
19July 13, 202512.29 ft
20November 16, 201812.23 ft
21November 1, 201912.12 ft
22November 1, 201912.12 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 13, 2025: 12.29 ft
  • January 28, 2024: 13.00 ft
  • January 10, 2024: 16.51 ft
  • December 23, 2022: 14.82 ft
  • April 13, 2020: 14.04 ft
  • January 25, 2020: 12.51 ft
  • January 25, 2020: 12.51 ft
  • November 1, 2019: 12.12 ft
  • November 1, 2019: 12.12 ft
  • May 6, 2019: 13.55 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Stage may be affected by ice.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.