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Cub Creek in Virginia

River23.1 mi
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Around Cub Creek

5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · 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

Cub Creek is a 23.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cub Creek at Phenix, VA (site 02065500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1947 to 2025

Cub Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 102 cfs, and lowest in September, at 30 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,920 cfs, in 1996.

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Typical flow by month at Cub Creek at Phenix, VA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8558 to 125
February9869 to 144
March10275 to 142
April9367 to 138
May7454 to 100
June5237 to 70
July3927 to 58
August3321 to 49
September3020 to 46
October3726 to 61
November5536 to 87
December7247 to 107

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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cub Creek at Phenix, VA (site 02065500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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