Allen Creek near Boydton, 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 02079640 sits on Allen Creek and reads everything draining 54 square miles of the Roanoke Rapids basin. Its datum sits 216 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1962, 60 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Lake Gaston (Roanoke River) near Elams, NC at 8,309 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Allen Creek runs a median of 13 cfs at this gauge across 60 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 35 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,700 cfs in 1987, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1962 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Allen Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.4 feet, in May 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ALKV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.