Dunlap Creek near Covington, 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 02013000 sits on Dunlap Creek and reads everything draining 162 square miles of the Upper James basin. Its datum sits 1,294 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 98 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 Jackson River below Dunlap Creek at Covington, VA at 612 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 26% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to James River at Lick Run, VA.

Normal flows here

Dunlap Creek runs a median of 64 cfs at this gauge across 98 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 211 cfs, and September the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,400 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 7.0 cfs in 1966.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Dunlap Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.7 feet, in June 2016.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DLPV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.