Muddy Creek at Mount Clinton, 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 01621050 sits on Muddy Creek and reads everything draining 14 square miles of the South Fork Shenandoah basin. Its datum sits 1,360 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 33 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 River near Burketown, VA at 376 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to South Fork Shenandoah River near Lynnwood, VA.

Normal flows here

Muddy Creek runs a median of 5.1 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 8.7 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,760 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Muddy Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 10.4 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MUDV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.