Mattaponi River near Bowling Green, 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 01674000 sits on the Mattaponi River and reads everything draining 256 square miles of the Mattaponi basin. Its datum sits 84 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1943, 84 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 Mattaponi River near Beulahville, VA at 603 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 42% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Mattaponi River runs a median of 106 cfs at this gauge across 84 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 292 cfs, and September the leanest at 19 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,200 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 0.0 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 Mattaponi River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 19.5 feet, in August 1928.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BWLV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.