Linville Creek at Broadway, 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 01632082 sits on Linville Creek and reads everything draining 46 square miles of the North Fork Shenandoah basin. Its datum sits 1,029 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1985, 40 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 North Fork Shenandoah River at Mount Jackson, VA at 508 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Linville Creek runs a median of 20 cfs at this gauge across 40 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 35 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,700 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 1.7 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1985 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Linville Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.2 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BDWV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.