Knitting Mill Creek at North Colley (IN MLLW)

Highest listed crest 6.47 ftFlood stage 4.0 ft6 crests since 2025

The Knitting Mill Creek at North Colley (IN MLLW) crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2026. The highest, 6.47 ft on October 12, 2025, was major flooding, 2.47 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 6.47 ft; October 12, 2025
Flood stage: 4.0 ft; Major flooding from 6.0 ft
Crests at major: 2; 75th of 242 gauges in Virginia
Most recent flood crest: February 1, 2026; 4.84 ft, minor flooding
Location: Norfolk city; Near Norfolk (3.7 mi), Portsmouth (3.9 mi), Hampton (11.2 mi)
Identifiers: NWS KMNV2; 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, Knitting Mill Creek at North Colley (IN MLLW)

Action stage	3.5	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	4.0	1	Feb 1, 2026	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	5.0	3	Oct 28, 2025	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	6.0	2	Oct 12, 2025	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 2025 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Knitting Mill Creek at North Colley (IN MLLW)

1	Oct 12, 2025	6.47	+2.47	Major	—
2	Sep 16, 2025	6.06	+2.06	Major	—
3	Aug 21, 2025	5.83	+1.83	Moderate	—
4	Oct 28, 2025	5.59	+1.59	Moderate	—
5	Sep 10, 2025	5.27	+1.27	Moderate	—
6	Feb 1, 2026	4.84	+0.84	Minor	—

Other gauges in Norfolk city

Flood gauges in Norfolk city

Grandy Village (IN MLLW)	5.0	6.57 ft, Oct 12, 2025	0
The Hague at Pedestrian Bridge	4.5	6.87 ft, Oct 4, 2015	1
the Midtown Tunnel (in MLLW)	5.0	6.73 ft, Jan 3, 2022	0
Sewell's Point (IN MLLW)	4.5	8.02 ft, Aug 23, 1933	11
East Beach Marina (IN MLLW)	4.5	7.69 ft, Sep 18, 2003	2

Norfolk city: every hazard · River floods across the country · Virginia

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KMNV2, 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.