Goose Creek near Huddleston, 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 02059500 sits on Goose Creek and reads everything draining 188 square miles of the Upper Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 592 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1931, 95 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 River at Altavista, VA at 1,782 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Goose Creek runs a median of 112 cfs at this gauge across 95 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 185 cfs, and September the leanest at 60 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 26,000 cfs in 1987, and the lowest is 6.0 cfs in 1932.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1931 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Goose Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 37.5 feet, in September 1987.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HDSV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.