Rappahannock River at Remington, 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 01664000 sits on the Rappahannock River and reads everything draining 619 square miles of the Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock basin. Its datum sits 252 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1943, 84 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 Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, VA at 1,595 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 39% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Rappahannock River runs a median of 440 cfs at this gauge across 84 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 794 cfs, and September the leanest at 112 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 64,000 cfs in 1943, and the lowest is 2.9 cfs in 1966.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1943 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Rappahannock River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 30 feet, in October 1942.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RENV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.