Dan River at Stp near Danville, 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 02075045 sits on the Dan River and reads everything draining 2,116 square miles of the Lower Dan basin. Its datum sits 365 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1996, 31 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Dan River near Wentworth, NC, reading 1,053 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,063 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Dan River at Paces, VA at 2,587 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Dan River at South Boston, VA.

Normal flows here

The Dan River runs a median of 1,515 cfs at this gauge across 31 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,230 cfs, and September the leanest at 992 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 44,100 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 104 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1996 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 21 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 30 feet, in October 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DVLV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.