Rivers in Virginia

Catawba Creek near Catawba

Botetourt County, VirginiaNWS CTWV2USGS 02018500Blacksburg office

Below flood stage
1.84ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 5:45 PM EDT

Flood stage
7.00 ft
Record crest
19.19 ft1985

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood14.00 ft
Moderate flood11.00 ft
Minor flood7.00 ft
Action5.00 ft
  1. 23.00 ftWater begins to overtop the SR 779 bridge.
  2. 19.50 ftWater reaches the bottom of the SR 779 bridge.
  3. 7.00 ftFlooding begins along portions of Route 600 in Haymakertown and Route 737, Hogan Hollow Road.

Crest history

42 crests on NOAA’s list since 1958.

#DateStage
1November 4, 198519.19 ft
2June 28, 199511.34 ft
3June 21, 197210.35 ft
4September 28, 200410.30 ft
5June 1, 19979.92 ft
6February 16, 20258.27 ft
7May 28, 19738.04 ft
8October 11, 20187.92 ft
9May 21, 20207.87 ft
10July 4, 20137.72 ft
11February 22, 20037.68 ft
12June 17, 20207.45 ft
13April 26, 19787.43 ft
14June 28, 20067.33 ft
15March 20, 19986.98 ft
16September 6, 19966.96 ft
17August 18, 19856.69 ft
18March 1, 19586.58 ft
19March 18, 19836.46 ft
20September 27, 20246.23 ft
21September 20, 19596.09 ft
22April 17, 20006.03 ft
23November 12, 20205.94 ft
24July 19, 20255.77 ft
25January 23, 20175.73 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 19, 2025: 5.77 ft
  • February 16, 2025: 8.27 ft
  • September 27, 2024: 6.23 ft
  • January 10, 2024: 4.33 ft
  • November 12, 2020: 5.94 ft
  • October 29, 2020: 5.02 ft
  • June 17, 2020: 7.45 ft
  • May 21, 2020: 7.87 ft
  • October 11, 2018: 7.92 ft
  • January 23, 2017: 5.73 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.

Sources

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