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Johns Creek in Virginia

River27.3 mi
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Around Johns Creek

Steel Bridge Campground7.5 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Johns Creek is a 27.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Johns Creek at New Castle, VA (site 02017500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1927 to 2025

Johns Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 167 cfs, and lowest in September, at 16 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,040 cfs, in 1972.

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Typical flow by month at Johns Creek at New Castle, VA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January11366 to 198
February14484 to 269
March167112 to 296
April14995 to 262
May10459 to 203
June4228 to 78
July2216 to 35
August1812 to 32
September1611 to 25
October1913 to 39
November3519 to 82
December7834 to 164

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 99 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Johns Creek at New Castle, VA (site 02017500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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