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South Fork Powell River at Big Stone Gap

Highest listed crest 12.62 ftFlood stage 11.0 ft1 crests since 2025

The South Fork Powell River at Big Stone Gap crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2025. The highest, 12.62 ft on February 15, 2025, was minor flooding, 1.62 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
12.62 ft
February 15, 2025
Flood stage
11.0 ft
Major flooding from 19.0 ft
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
February 15, 2025
12.62 ft, minor flooding
Location
Wise County
Virginia
Identifiers
NWS GAPV2
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, South Fork Powell River at Big Stone Gap
Action stage8.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)11.01Feb 15, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage15.00—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage19.00—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.

Listed crests at the South Fork Powell River at Big Stone Gap, 2025 to 2025 101214161820ft Flood stage 11.0 ftMajor 19.0 ft Feb 15, 2025: 12.62 ft, minor flooding Highest, 12.62 ft, Feb 15, 2025 202520302035
  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, South Fork Powell River at Big Stone Gap
1Feb 15, 202512.62+1.62Minor—

Other gauges in Wise County

Flood gauges in Wise County
Riverview14.018.06 ft, Feb 15, 20250
Indian Creek near Pound13.017.86 ft, Jul 28, 20220
Bold Camp Creek near Pound17.021.33 ft, Jul 28, 20220
Big Stone Gap10.011.30 ft, Feb 15, 20250
Dorchester7.08.46 ft, Feb 15, 20250

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GAPV2, 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.