Levisa Fork at Big Rock, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 03207800 sits on the Levisa Fork and reads everything draining 297 square miles of the Upper Levisa basin. Its datum sits 866 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1968, 59 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 Levisa Fork below Fishtrap Dam near Millard, KY at 392 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 76% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Levisa Fork at Pikeville, KY.

Normal flows here

The Levisa Fork runs a median of 173 cfs at this gauge across 59 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 477 cfs, and September the leanest at 56 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 24,800 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 5.1 cfs in 1970.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1968 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Levisa Fork reaches flood stage at this gauge at 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.4 feet, in April 1977.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BIGV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.