Accotink Creek near Annandale, VA Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 01654000 sits on Accotink Creek and reads everything draining 24 square miles of the Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan basin. Its datum sits 191 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1948, 79 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Accotink Creek near Lake Blvd near Annandale, VA, reading 18 square miles. This gauge adds the 5.5 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Accotink Creek below Lake Accotink, VA at 31 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 78% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Accotink Creek at Keene Mill Rd at Springfield, VA.

Normal flows here

Accotink Creek runs a median of 11 cfs at this gauge across 79 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 20 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,600 cfs in 2011, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1948 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Accotink Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.3 feet, in September 2011.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ANAV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.