Goose Creek near Leesburg, 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 01644000 sits on Goose Creek and reads everything draining 332 square miles of the Middle Potomac-Catoctin basin. Its datum sits 248 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1909, 99 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Goose Creek near Middleburg, VA, reading 122 square miles. This gauge adds the 210 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Potomac River at Edwards Ferry near Poolesville,md at 11,130 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Potomac River near Wash, Dc Little Falls Pump Sta.

Normal flows here

Goose Creek runs a median of 168 cfs at this gauge across 99 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 402 cfs, and September the leanest at 31 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 53,600 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 1941.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1909 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 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 30.6 feet, in June 1972.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LEEV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.