Dan River at Paces, VA Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02075500 sits on the Dan River and reads everything draining 2,587 square miles of the Lower Dan basin. Its datum sits 321 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 76 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Dan River at Stp near Danville, VA, reading 2,116 square miles. This gauge adds the 471 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Dan River at South Boston, VA at 2,762 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Dan River runs a median of 1,830 cfs at this gauge across 76 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,840 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,110 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 63,400 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 133 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Dan River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.1 feet, in June 1972.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PCEV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.