Walker Creek at Bane, 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 03173000 sits on Walker Creek and reads everything draining 299 square miles of the Middle New basin. Its datum sits 1,665 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 88 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 Glen Lyn, VA at 3,770 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Walker Creek runs a median of 148 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 424 cfs, and September the leanest at 57 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,100 cfs in 1992, and the lowest is 21 cfs in 2026.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Walker Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.5 feet, in September 1878.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BANV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.