Nottoway River at Route 609 near Mckenney, 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 02045320 sits on the Nottoway River and reads everything draining 467 square miles of the Nottoway basin. Its datum sits 145 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 Nottoway River near Rawlings, VA, reading 317 square miles. This gauge adds the 150 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Nottoway River near Stony Creek, VA at 577 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 81% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Nottoway River runs a median of 200 cfs at this gauge across 13 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 449 cfs, and September the leanest at 68 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,200 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 11 cfs in 2022.

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 Nottoway River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.9 feet, in October 2018.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MKNV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.