Middle River near Grottoes, 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 01625000 sits on the Middle River and reads everything draining 373 square miles of the South Fork Shenandoah basin. Its datum sits 1,061 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 98 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 South Fork Shenandoah River near Lynnwood, VA at 1,079 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 35% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Middle River runs a median of 190 cfs at this gauge across 98 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 383 cfs, and September the leanest at 108 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 26,000 cfs in 1986, and the lowest is 18 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Middle River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 35.6 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GROV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.