Jackson River at Falling Spring, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02012500 sits on the Jackson River and reads everything draining 410 square miles of the Upper James basin. Its datum sits 1,333 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1925 to 1984, 59 years in all.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Jackson River below Gathright Dam near Hot Springs, VA, reading 345 square miles. This gauge adds the 65 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Jackson River below Dunlap Creek at Covington, VA at 612 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 67% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to James River at Lick Run, VA.

Normal flows here

The Jackson River runs a median of 256 cfs at this gauge across 59 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 699 cfs, and September the leanest at 106 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,100 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 52 cfs in 1966.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1925 to 1984. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.7 feet, in March 1936.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FLGV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.