Pigg River near Sandy Level, 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 02058400 sits on the Pigg River and reads everything draining 351 square miles of the Upper Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 616 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1963, 63 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 Leesville Lake at Dam near Leesville, VA at 1,474 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 24% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Roanoke River at Altavista, VA.

Normal flows here

The Pigg River runs a median of 261 cfs at this gauge across 63 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 365 cfs, and September the leanest at 156 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 34,900 cfs in 1987, and the lowest is 18 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1963 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Pigg River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.1 feet, in September 1987.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SANV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.