Kerrs Creek near Lexington, 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 02022500 sits on Kerrs Creek and reads everything draining 35 square miles of the Maury basin. Its datum sits 981 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1927, 98 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 Maury River near Buena Vista, VA at 647 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to James River at Bedford Dam near Major, VA, James River at Blue Ridge Pkwy near Big Island, VA and James River at Holcomb Rock, VA.

Normal flows here

Kerrs Creek runs a median of 18 cfs at this gauge across 98 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 41 cfs, and September the leanest at 8.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,840 cfs in 1936, and the lowest is 2.2 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1927 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Kerrs Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.4 feet, in June 1995.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KCKV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.