Johns Creek at New Castle, 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 02017500 sits on Johns Creek and reads everything draining 105 square miles of the Upper James basin. Its datum sits 1,254 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1927, 99 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 Craig Creek at Parr, VA at 329 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 32% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Johns Creek runs a median of 58 cfs at this gauge across 99 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 167 cfs, and September the leanest at 16 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,040 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 5.2 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1927 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Johns Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.9 feet, in September 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JCRV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.