Tinker Creek near Daleville, 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 02055100 sits on Tinker Creek and reads everything draining 12 square miles of the Upper Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 1,217 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1956, 70 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 Tinker Creek above Glade Creek at Roanoke, VA at 78 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Roanoke River at Niagara, VA.

Normal flows here

Tinker Creek runs a median of 7.5 cfs at this gauge across 70 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 15 cfs, and September the leanest at 3.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,560 cfs in 1986, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1956 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Tinker Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.4 feet, in November 1985.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DAEV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.