Levisa Fork River at Vansant

Highest listed crest 22.06 ftFlood stage 17.0 ft1 crests since 2025

The Levisa Fork River at Vansant crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2025. The highest, 22.06 ft on February 16, 2025, was major flooding, 5.06 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Levisa Fork River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 22.06 ft; February 16, 2025
Flood stage: 17.0 ft; Major flooding from 20.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 90th of 242 gauges in Virginia
Most recent flood crest: February 16, 2025; 22.06 ft, major flooding
Location: Buchanan County; Virginia
Identifiers: NWS VASV2; 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, Levisa Fork River at Vansant

Action stage	15.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	17.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	19.0	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	20.0	1	Feb 16, 2025	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2025 to 2025. 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, Levisa Fork River at Vansant

1	Feb 16, 2025	22.06	+5.06	Major	—

The worst floods along the Levisa Fork River

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

February 16, 2025: 22.06 ft here, major flooding

Big RockVA · Feb 16, 2025 · 24.31 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Levisa Fork River

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

Flood gauges on the Levisa Fork River

Big Rock	VA	20.0	27.38 ft, Apr 4, 1977	1
Vansant this gauge	VA	17.0	22.06 ft, Feb 16, 2025	1

Other gauges in Buchanan County

Flood gauges in Buchanan County

Big Rock	20.0	27.38 ft, Apr 4, 1977	1

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VASV2, 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.