Meherrin River at Rt 637 near South Hill, 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 02051190 sits on the Meherrin River and reads everything draining 333 square miles of the Meherrin basin. Its datum sits 191 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2013, 13 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is North Meherrin River near Lunenburg, VA, reading 56 square miles. This gauge adds the 277 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, VA at 552 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 60% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Meherrin River at Emporia, VA.

Normal flows here

The Meherrin River runs a median of 88 cfs at this gauge across 13 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 270 cfs, and September the leanest at 27 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,600 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 5.3 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2013 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 38.6 feet, in October 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SOHV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.