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Tinker Creek

River in Virginia, past Vinton

Current status

No current status shown

No current status is assigned to this water outline. Check the water page for reports and any estimated downstream stretches. Why this status, and its source

This badge describes the water outline. Check the downstream stretches on the map and below for discharge statuses.

Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.

Check Western Virginia Water Authority (Roanoke Regional Water Pollution Control Plant and collection system)'s notices · Bookmark this water page and check it before each trip · Report a missing notice or error

About this status

No current status shown: no report we track sets a status on this water now; how statuses work

Sources checked: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related (last successful check 2026-11-03 02:42 UTC). Status by DirtyWaterWatch, updated 2026-11-03 02:43 UTC. · Updated

Estimated downstream stretches on Tinker Creek

No downstream stretch has a current status here as of Nov 2, 2026, 9:43 PM EST. Check the reports below.

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.
  • Caution: to
    2 reports: Western Virginia Water Authority 2
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    2 reports: Western Virginia Water Authority 2
    Show records

    The records are also in the report table on this page.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-03 02:43 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

Historical charts are not available here. See the reports and sources on this page.

Reports linked to Tinker Creek

Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.

Reports linked to Tinker Creek, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to Oct 12, 12:00 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 48,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Oct 12, 9:00 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 600,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 6:30 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 1,200 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 4:00 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 900 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 6:30 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 90 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Aug 22 ’25, 8:00 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 162,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:32 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 21,200 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 3:20 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 1,500 gallons report · notice · mapended
Western Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 450 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 2:00 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 60 gallons report · notice · mapended
Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office · Report · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to 3:45 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 300 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:00 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 900 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 5:30 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 180 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 17 ’25, 4:12 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 779,200 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 4:03 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 675 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 16 ’25, 5:30 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 2,250 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 17 ’25, 6:33 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 651,375 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 17 ’25, 7:30 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 506,250 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:30 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 118,500 gallons in all mapended
to Feb 16 ’25, 3:45 AMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 193,500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 14 ’25, 12:00 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 151,500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 1:00 PMWestern Virginia Water Authority · SSO · 1,200 gallons report · notice · mapended

Sources: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Virginia by year: 2026 (4 here) · 2025 (21 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

No wastewater outlet in our records is linked to this water.

Sewer operators listed for this water: Western Virginia Water Authority (Roanoke Regional Water Pollution Control Plant and collection system).

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Tinker Creek on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

25 records linked to this water. Updated .