Falling River near Naruna, 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 02064000 sits on the Falling River and reads everything draining 165 square miles of the Middle Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 412 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 88 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Roanoke (Staunton) River at Randolph, VA at 2,966 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Falling River runs a median of 90 cfs at this gauge across 88 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 155 cfs, and September the leanest at 46 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,000 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Falling River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 36.1 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FLRV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.