Deep Creek near Mannboro, 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 02041000 sits on Deep Creek and reads everything draining 158 square miles of the Appomattox basin. Its datum sits 176 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 Appomattox River above Lake Chesdin Dam near Petersburg,va at 1,330 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Appomattox River at Matoaca, VA.

Normal flows here

Deep Creek runs a median of 66 cfs at this gauge across 79 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 147 cfs, and September the leanest at 21 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,000 cfs in 1973, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1947 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 24 feet, in October 1972.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DECV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.