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Stony Creek in Virginia

River29.5 mi
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Five Forks Visitor Contact Station3.8 miPetersburg National Battlefield12 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Stony Creek is a 29.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, VA (site 02046000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1947 to 2026

Stony Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 119 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,400 cfs, in 2003.

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Typical flow by month at Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, VA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8855 to 160
February11967 to 196
March11775 to 215
April9057 to 154
May5032 to 92
June2716 to 49
July146.7 to 36
August124.3 to 33
September9.22.6 to 26
October134.3 to 38
November3314 to 74
December6631 to 129

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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, VA (site 02046000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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