Hazel River at Rixeyville, 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 01663500 sits on the Hazel River and reads everything draining 285 square miles of the Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock basin. Its datum sits 288 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1943, 74 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 Rappahannock River at Remington, VA at 619 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 46% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, VA.

Normal flows here

The Hazel River runs a median of 227 cfs at this gauge across 74 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 390 cfs, and September the leanest at 58 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 34,600 cfs in 1943, and the lowest is 1.1 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1943 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Hazel River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.8 feet, in October 1942.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RXYV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.