North Anna River near Partlow, 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 01670400 sits on the North Anna River and reads everything draining 342 square miles of the Pamunkey basin. Its datum sits 167 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1979, 36 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Anna near Boxley Point near Glenora, VA, reading 257 square miles. This gauge adds the 85 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from North Anna River below Lake Anna near Hewlett, VA at 429 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 80% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to North Anna River at Hart Corner near Doswell, VA and Pamunkey River near Hanover, VA.

Normal flows here

The North Anna River runs a median of 69 cfs at this gauge across 36 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 276 cfs, and September the leanest at 48 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,000 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 8.2 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1979 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 36.3 feet, in June 1972.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PARV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.