Beaverdam Creek at Rt 734 near Mountville, 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 01643880 sits on Beaverdam Creek and reads everything draining 47 square miles of the Middle Potomac-Catoctin basin. Its datum sits 306 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 25 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 Goose Creek near Leesburg, VA at 332 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 14% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Potomac River at Edwards Ferry near Poolesville,md and Potomac River near Wash, Dc Little Falls Pump Sta.

Normal flows here

Beaverdam Creek runs a median of 24 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 47 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,000 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2010.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Beaverdam Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 17 feet, in September 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MUVV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.