TidalMapBeaver Creek at Bristol, VA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03478400 sits on Beaver Creek and reads everything draining 27 square miles of the South Fork Holston basin. Its datum sits 1,781 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1958, 68 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 Boone Lake at 1,840 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Beaver Creek runs a median of 26 cfs at this gauge across 68 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 48 cfs, and October the leanest at 14 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 580 cfs in 1963, and the lowest is 5.4 cfs in 2008.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 cfs | 138% |
| Feb | 46 cfs | 177% |
| Mar | 48 cfs | 185% |
| Apr | 44 cfs | 169% |
| May | 33 cfs | 127% |
| Jun | 26 cfs | 100% |
| Jul | 22 cfs | 85% |
| Aug | 19 cfs | 73% |
| Sep | 15 cfs | 58% |
| Oct | 14 cfs | 54% |
| Nov | 16 cfs | 62% |
| Dec | 24 cfs | 92% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1958 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's South Holston Dam is 8 miles from this gauge on the South Fork Holston system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- South Holston Dam 8 miles
- Wilbur Dam 20 miles
- Watauga Dam 21 miles
- Boone Dam 21 miles
Nearby river gauges
- South Fork Holston below South Holston Dam
- Watauga River below Wilbur Dam
- South Fork Holston River near Damascus, VA
- Watauga River at Elizabethton
- Doe River at Elizabethton, TN
- Watauga River below Watauga Dam
- Clinch River at Cleveland, VA
- M F Holston River near Meadowview, VA
- North Fork Holston River near Gate City, VA
- North Fork Holston River near Saltville, VA
- Buckeye Creek below Buckeye Lake near Cannon Gap, NC
- Buckeye Creek above Buckeye Lake near Cannon Gap, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03478400. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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