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Big Indian Creek near Copper Valley, VA Water Level Today

Virginia · USGS gauge 03169771 · live data · Updated Oct 28, 2026

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 03169771 sits on Big Indian Creek and reads everything draining 32 square miles of the Upper New basin. Its datum sits 1,968 feet above sea level NAVD88.

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 Little River at Graysontown, VA at 300 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to New River at Radford, VA. It then enters Little River Reservoir near Radford, VA, below which releases set the flow.

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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03169771. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.

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