New River at Ivanhoe, 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 03165500 sits on the New River and reads everything draining 1,350 square miles of the Upper New basin. Its datum sits 1,942 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 79 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is New River near Galax, VA, reading 1,141 square miles. This gauge adds the 209 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from New River at Allisonia, VA at 2,212 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 61% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to New River at Radford, VA. It then enters Claytor Reservoir at Claytor Dam near Radford, VA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The New River runs a median of 1,655 cfs at this gauge across 79 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,510 cfs, and September the leanest at 980 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 87,600 cfs in 1940, and the lowest is 181 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The New River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 38.1 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge IVNV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.