North F Holston River Near Saltville, VA

USGS Site No: 03488000North F Holston River • Smyth County, VA

North F Holston River Near Saltville, VA on the North F Holston River is currently at 572 cfs (Very High — 95th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 2.22 ft.

Reading from

572
CFS Discharge
2.22
Gage Height (ft)
Very High
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 67
25th Low threshold 86
50th (Median) Normal (median) 136
75th High threshold 222
95th Very High threshold 565

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

2.3k 1.1k 0 cfs Apr 6 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 895
May 27, 2026 679
May 26, 2026 800
May 25, 2026 263
May 24, 2026 75
May 23, 2026 74
May 22, 2026 57
May 21, 2026 55
May 20, 2026 59
May 19, 2026 65
May 18, 2026 74
May 17, 2026 83
May 16, 2026 93
May 15, 2026 106
Apr 21, 2026 87
Apr 20, 2026 95
Apr 19, 2026 97
Apr 18, 2026 99
Apr 17, 2026 105
Apr 16, 2026 108
Apr 15, 2026 114
Apr 14, 2026 120
Apr 13, 2026 124
Apr 12, 2026 133
Apr 11, 2026 140
Apr 10, 2026 146
Apr 9, 2026 156
Apr 8, 2026 169
Apr 7, 2026 185
Apr 6, 2026 207

Station Information

USGS Site No
03488000
State
VA
County
Smyth County
Coordinates
36.8968, -81.7462
Drainage Area
221 mi²
Datum (ft)
1,703.1
HUC Code
06010101
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
8.0 ft
Flood Stage
10.0 ft
Moderate Flood
12.0 ft
Major Flood
14.0 ft

Currently 7.78 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
2,890 cfs
May 14, 2025
Min discharge
31 cfs
Oct 18, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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