Smith Creek near New Market, 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 01632900 sits on Smith Creek and reads everything draining 94 square miles of the North Fork Shenandoah basin. Its datum sits 881 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1960, 66 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 18% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Smith Creek runs a median of 44 cfs at this gauge across 66 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 86 cfs, and September the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,190 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 2.8 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1960 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Smith Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.6 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NWMV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.