About this river
Potts Creek is a 21.8 mile river near Greenbrier Outfitters in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Potts Creek near Covington, VA (site 02014000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
Potts Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 225 cfs, and lowest in September, at 31 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,870 cfs, in 1972.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 143 | 84 to 254 | |
| February | 187 | 105 to 354 | |
| March | 225 | 152 to 377 | |
| April | 185 | 126 to 343 | |
| May | 152 | 94 to 264 | |
| June | 70 | 49 to 112 | |
| July | 43 | 33 to 67 | |
| August | 37 | 27 to 55 | |
| September | 31 | 25 to 45 | |
| October | 37 | 28 to 70 | |
| November | 53 | 33 to 120 | |
| December | 102 | 52 to 195 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 89 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Potts Creek near Covington, VA (site 02014000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Potts Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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