Lieutenant Run Creek at St Andrews St at Petersburg

Highest listed crest 11.79 ftFlood stage 8.0 ft4 crests since 2025

The Lieutenant Run Creek at St Andrews St at Petersburg crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2026. The highest, 11.79 ft on July 15, 2025, was major flooding, 3.79 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Lieutenant Run Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 11.79 ft; July 15, 2025
Flood stage: 8.0 ft; Major flooding from 11.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 90th of 242 gauges in Virginia
Most recent flood crest: July 15, 2025; 11.79 ft, major flooding
Location: Petersburg city; Near Petersburg (1.4 mi), Colonial Heights (2.6 mi), Hopewell (7.0 mi)
Identifiers: NWS LCSV2; 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, Lieutenant Run Creek at St Andrews St at Petersburg

Action stage	7.0	2	Jun 22, 2026	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	8.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	9.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	11.0	1	Jul 15, 2025	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

4 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, Lieutenant Run Creek at St Andrews St at Petersburg

1	Jul 15, 2025	11.79	+3.79	Major	—
2	May 26, 2026	7.76	−0.24	Action	—
3	Jun 22, 2026	7.60	−0.40	Action	—
4	Jul 19, 2025	6.84	−1.16	Below flood stage	—

The worst floods along the Lieutenant Run Creek

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

July 15, 2025: 11.79 ft here, major flooding

Bollingbrook at PetersburgVA · Jul 14, 2025 · 15.98 ft · Major · its highest

Gauges on the Lieutenant Run Creek

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

Flood gauges on the Lieutenant Run Creek

Bollingbrook at Petersburg	VA	10.5	15.98 ft, Jul 14, 2025	1
St Andrews St at Petersburg this gauge	VA	8.0	11.79 ft, Jul 15, 2025	1

Other gauges in Petersburg city

Flood gauges in Petersburg city

Pocahontas	17.0	17.51 ft, Oct 1, 2024	0
Bollingbrook at Petersburg	10.5	15.98 ft, Jul 14, 2025	1

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LCSV2, 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.