Nottoway River near Stony Creek, 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 02045500 sits on the Nottoway River and reads everything draining 577 square miles of the Nottoway basin. Its datum sits 57 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1931, 95 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Nottoway River at Route 609 near Mckenney, VA, reading 467 square miles. This gauge adds the 110 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Nottoway River near Sebrell, VA at 1,441 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 40% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Nottoway River runs a median of 262 cfs at this gauge across 95 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 641 cfs, and September the leanest at 94 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 24,000 cfs in 1940, and the lowest is 1.5 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1931 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 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.7 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STYV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.