Potts Creek near Covington, 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 02014000 sits on Potts Creek and reads everything draining 153 square miles of the Upper James basin. Its datum sits 1,273 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 89 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 James River at Lick Run, VA at 1,371 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Potts Creek runs a median of 80 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 225 cfs, and September the leanest at 31 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,870 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 15 cfs in 1934.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Potts Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.5 feet, in November 1985.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PTCV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.