Highest listed crest 12.87 ft September 28, 2004; 6,810 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 10.0 ft Major flooding from 15.0 ft
Crests at major 0 21 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest May 13, 2025 10.11 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Johns Creek at New Castle, 1927 to 2025 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 ft Flood stage 10.0 ft Major 15.0 ft Feb 23, 1927: 9.40 ft, action stage; 4,310 cubic feet per second Aug 16, 1928: 10.20 ft, minor flooding; 6,290 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1929: 7.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,790 cubic feet per second Oct 3, 1929: 9.40 ft, action stage; 4,310 cubic feet per second May 8, 1931: 7.00 ft, below flood stage; 1,240 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 1932: 7.70 ft, below flood stage; 1,790 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1932: 7.80 ft, below flood stage; 1,880 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 1934: 9.20 ft, action stage; 3,890 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 1935: 10.80 ft, minor flooding; 8,000 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1936: 9.70 ft, action stage; 5,000 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1937: 8.00 ft, action stage; 2,150 cubic feet per second Oct 27, 1937: 8.85 ft, action stage; 3,180 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1939: 8.22 ft, action stage; 2,370 cubic feet per second Aug 15, 1940: 9.53 ft, action stage; 4,640 cubic feet per second Jul 7, 1941: 8.73 ft, action stage; 2,960 cubic feet per second May 16, 1942: 9.17 ft, action stage; 3,790 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1942: 9.15 ft, action stage; 3,790 cubic feet per second May 28, 1944: 8.35 ft, action stage; 2,530 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1945: 8.14 ft, action stage; 2,230 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 1946: 8.15 ft, action stage; 2,230 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 1947: 7.95 ft, below flood stage; 2,020 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1948: 9.20 ft, action stage; 3,890 cubic feet per second Dec 4, 1948: 9.58 ft, action stage; 4,750 cubic feet per second May 3, 1950: 8.75 ft, action stage; 3,050 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1951: 9.38 ft, action stage; 4,310 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1952: 9.71 ft, action stage; 5,000 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1953: 9.64 ft, action stage; 4,880 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1954: 8.79 ft, action stage; 3,100 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1955: 9.16 ft, action stage; 3,760 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1956: 8.52 ft, action stage; 2,180 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1957: 10.03 ft, minor flooding; 3,420 cubic feet per second Apr 23, 1958: 8.37 ft, action stage; 2,100 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1959: 8.00 ft, action stage; 1,810 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1960: 9.21 ft, action stage; 2,800 cubic feet per second Feb 26, 1961: 8.52 ft, action stage; 2,100 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 1961: 8.68 ft, action stage; 2,300 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1963: 10.58 ft, minor flooding; 4,500 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1964: 7.62 ft, below flood stage; 1,390 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 1965: 9.56 ft, action stage; 3,200 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1966: 9.62 ft, action stage; 3,200 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1967: 8.40 ft, action stage; 2,000 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1968: 6.95 ft, below flood stage; 1,020 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1968: 6.60 ft, below flood stage; 855 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 1969: 8.92 ft, action stage; 2,500 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1971: 8.88 ft, action stage; 2,500 cubic feet per second Jun 21, 1972: 12.48 ft, minor flooding; 7,960 cubic feet per second May 28, 1973: 10.63 ft, minor flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 1973: 9.57 ft, action stage; 3,750 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 1975: 9.71 ft, action stage; 3,690 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 1976: 8.83 ft, action stage; 2,690 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1977: 10.25 ft, minor flooding; 4,350 cubic feet per second Apr 26, 1978: 10.33 ft, minor flooding; 4,500 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 1979: 9.14 ft, action stage; 2,760 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1980: 9.07 ft, action stage; 2,760 cubic feet per second May 28, 1981: 9.94 ft, action stage; 3,960 cubic feet per second Jun 13, 1982: 9.37 ft, action stage; 3,100 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1983: 9.79 ft, action stage; 3,740 cubic feet per second May 6, 1984: 8.20 ft, action stage; 1,880 cubic feet per second Aug 18, 1985: 8.28 ft, action stage; 1,940 cubic feet per second Nov 4, 1985: 11.96 ft, minor flooding; 7,010 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1987: 10.01 ft, minor flooding; 4,060 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1988: 6.09 ft, below flood stage; 760 cubic feet per second Sep 22, 1989: 9.27 ft, action stage; 3,060 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 1989: 8.33 ft, action stage; 2,080 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 1991: 8.79 ft, action stage; 2,490 cubic feet per second Apr 21, 1992: 9.88 ft, action stage; 3,870 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1993: 9.51 ft, action stage; 3,370 cubic feet per second Aug 17, 1994: 10.76 ft, minor flooding; 5,190 cubic feet per second Jan 15, 1995: 10.57 ft, minor flooding; 4,900 cubic feet per second Jan 19, 1996: 11.78 ft, minor flooding; 6,760 cubic feet per second Dec 1, 1996: 9.97 ft, action stage; 4,010 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 1998: 9.30 ft, action stage; 3,100 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1999: 5.60 ft, below flood stage; 520 cubic feet per second Apr 18, 2000: 8.19 ft, action stage; 1,990 cubic feet per second May 23, 2001: 8.38 ft, action stage; 2,150 cubic feet per second May 3, 2002: 7.99 ft, below flood stage; 1,830 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 2003: 11.05 ft, minor flooding; 5,620 cubic feet per second Sep 28, 2004: 12.87 ft, minor flooding; 6,810 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 2005: 8.88 ft, action stage; 2,470 cubic feet per second Nov 16, 2006: 8.37 ft, action stage; 2,076 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2007: 8.37 ft, action stage; 2,076 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2008: 8.34 ft, action stage; 2,055 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 2009: 8.23 ft, action stage; 1,970 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2010: 9.81 ft, action stage; 3,280 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 2011: 9.62 ft, action stage; 3,108 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2011: 9.47 ft, action stage; 2,973 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 2013: 8.72 ft, action stage; 2,346 cubic feet per second May 7, 2013: 8.84 ft, action stage; 2,442 cubic feet per second Jul 4, 2013: 8.28 ft, action stage; 2,010 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 2013: 7.40 ft, below flood stage; 1,420 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2015: 9.26 ft, action stage; 2,790 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 2017: 8.14 ft, action stage; 1,910 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 2017: 8.18 ft, action stage; 1,990 cubic feet per second May 5, 2017: 9.64 ft, action stage; 3,130 cubic feet per second Oct 12, 2018: 10.14 ft, minor flooding; 3,630 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 2019: 9.31 ft, action stage; 2,867 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2020: 9.62 ft, action stage; 3,142 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 2020: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per second May 21, 2020: 10.58 ft, minor flooding; 4,079 cubic feet per second Jun 17, 2020: 11.03 ft, minor flooding; 4,561 cubic feet per second Nov 12, 2020: 8.09 ft, action stage; 1,910 cubic feet per second May 27, 2022: 8.62 ft, action stage; 2,300 cubic feet per second Jan 10, 2024: 8.72 ft, action stage; 2,380 cubic feet per second Sep 28, 2024: 8.88 ft, action stage; 2,510 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2025: 11.34 ft, minor flooding; 4,910 cubic feet per second May 13, 2025: 10.11 ft, minor flooding; 3,610 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.87 ft, Sep 28, 2004 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Johns Creek at New Castle 1920s: 1 1930s: 1 1940s: 0 1950s: 1 1960s: 1 1970s: 4 1980s: 2 1990s: 3 2000s: 2 2010s: 1 2020s: 5 5 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. 05 Other gauges in Craig County Craig County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JCRV2, 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.