Harris Creek below Route 130 near Monroe, 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 02025652 sits on Harris Creek and reads everything draining 35 square miles of the Middle James-Buffalo basin. Its datum sits 609 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2012, 15 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 James River at Bent Creek, VA at 3,649 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Harris Creek runs a median of 24 cfs at this gauge across 15 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 38 cfs, and September the leanest at 8.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,110 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 1.3 cfs in 2026.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2012 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 12.8 feet, in April 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HCRV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.