Cub Creek at Phenix, 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 02065500 sits on Cub Creek and reads everything draining 98 square miles of the Middle Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 369 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1947, 79 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 Roanoke (Staunton) River at Randolph, VA at 2,966 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Cub Creek runs a median of 62 cfs at this gauge across 79 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 102 cfs, and September the leanest at 30 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,920 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1947 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cub Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.9 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CUBV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.