TidalMapJames River at Bedford Dam near Major, VA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
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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 02024750 sits on the James River and reads everything draining 3,070 square miles of the Middle James-Buffalo basin. Its datum sits 621 feet above sea level NAVD88.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is James River at Buchanan, VA, reading 2,073 square miles. This gauge adds the 997 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from James River at Blue Ridge Pkwy near Big Island, VA at 3,076 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 100% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to James River at Holcomb Rock, VA. It then enters Resuens Reservoir near Lynchburg, VA, below which releases set the flow.
Nearby river gauges
- James River at Blue Ridge Pkwy near Big Island, VA
- James River at Holcomb Rock, VA
- Pedlar River at Forest Road near Buena Vista, VA
- Maury River near Buena Vista, VA
- Harris Creek below Route 130 near Monroe, VA
- Kerrs Creek near Lexington, VA
- James River at Buchanan, VA
- Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, VA
- Piney River at Piney River, VA
- Big Otter River near Evington, VA
- Tye River near Lovingston, VA
- Calfpasture River above Mill Creek at Goshen, VA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02024750. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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