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Accotink Creek at Woodburn Road / Strathmeade Springs

Highest listed crest 258.68 ftFlood stage 251.5 ft11 crests since 2022

The Accotink Creek at Woodburn Road / Strathmeade Springs crested above flood stage 11 times among the 11 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2022 to 2025. The highest, 258.68 ft on July 13, 2025, was minor flooding, 7.18 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
258.68 ft
July 13, 2025
Flood stage
251.5 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
11 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
July 13, 2025
258.68 ft, minor flooding
Location
Fairfax County
Near Fairfax (3.3 mi), Vienna (3.8 mi), Falls Church (4.3 mi)
Identifiers
NWS WBAV2
No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Accotink Creek at Woodburn Road / Strathmeade Springs
Action stage250.50—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)251.511Jul 13, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage261.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream

Every listed crest

11 crests from 2022 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Accotink Creek at Woodburn Road / Strathmeade Springs, 2022 to 2025 250252254256258260ft Flood stage 251.5 ft May 7, 2022: 252.34 ft, minor floodingJun 23, 2022: 252.44 ft, minor floodingJul 9, 2022: 252.08 ft, minor floodingDec 23, 2022: 251.80 ft, minor floodingJul 5, 2023: 252.65 ft, minor floodingAug 8, 2023: 251.85 ft, minor floodingJan 12, 2024: 258.32 ft, minor floodingFeb 16, 2025: 252.49 ft, minor floodingMay 13, 2025: 254.10 ft, minor floodingJun 15, 2025: 254.78 ft, minor floodingJul 13, 2025: 258.68 ft, minor flooding Highest, 258.68 ft, Jul 13, 2025 20252030
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Accotink Creek at Woodburn Road / Strathmeade Springs
1Jul 13, 2025258.68+7.18Minor—
2Jan 12, 2024258.32+6.82Minor—
3Jun 15, 2025254.78+3.28Minor—
4May 13, 2025254.10+2.60Minor—
5Jul 5, 2023252.65+1.15Minor—
6Feb 16, 2025252.49+0.99Minor—
7Jun 23, 2022252.44+0.94Minor—
8May 7, 2022252.34+0.84Minor—
9Jul 9, 2022252.08+0.58Minor—
10Aug 8, 2023251.85+0.35Minor—
11Dec 23, 2022251.80+0.30Minor—

The worst floods along the Accotink Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Accotink Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

January 12, 2024: 258.32 ft here, minor flooding

  • AnnandaleVA · Jan 10, 2024 · 9.88 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Accotink Creek

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Accotink Creek
Woodburn Road / Strathmeade Springs this gaugeVA251.5258.68 ft, Jul 13, 20250
AnnandaleVA9.516.32 ft, Sep 8, 20113

Other gauges in Fairfax County

Flood gauges in Fairfax County
Annandale9.516.32 ft, Sep 8, 20113
Manassas Park12.020.20 ft, Jul 22, 20180
Huntington - Metro Bridge11.012.92 ft, Sep 9, 20110
McLean9.010.54 ft, Dec 25, 20220
Browns Mill Road / Wolf Trap195.0196.37 ft, Jul 13, 20250
Great Falls11.021.40 ft, Jun 22, 19721
Chantilly9.09.21 ft, Sep 8, 20110
Fairview Lake318.0318.47 ft, Sep 8, 20110
New Alexandria Storm Water Pumping Station - Downstream5.57.51 ft, Jul 8, 20191
New Alexandria Tide Gate5.56.19 ft, Oct 29, 20210

Fairfax County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WBAV2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.