Goose Creek near Middleburg, 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 01643700 sits on Goose Creek and reads everything draining 122 square miles of the Middle Potomac-Catoctin basin. Its datum sits 327 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1966, 55 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 Goose Creek near Leesburg, VA at 332 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Potomac River at Edwards Ferry near Poolesville,md.

Normal flows here

Goose Creek runs a median of 78 cfs at this gauge across 55 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 152 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,000 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1966 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 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.5 feet, in June 1972.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MDLV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.