Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, 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 03167000 sits on Reed Creek and reads everything draining 258 square miles of the Upper New basin. Its datum sits 1,924 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1909, 42 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 New River at Allisonia, VA at 2,212 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to New River at Radford, VA. It then enters Claytor Reservoir at Claytor Dam near Radford, VA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Reed Creek runs a median of 150 cfs at this gauge across 42 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 351 cfs, and September the leanest at 96 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,880 cfs in 1916, and the lowest is 34 cfs in 1910.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1909 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Reed Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 6.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5 feet. The highest crest on record is 10 feet, in April 1977.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GRHV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.