Roanoke River at Glenvar, 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 02054530 sits on the Roanoke River and reads everything draining 281 square miles of the Upper Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 1,064 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1992, 34 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Roanoke River at Lafayette, VA, reading 254 square miles. This gauge adds the 27 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Roanoke River at Roanoke, VA at 384 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 73% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Roanoke River at Niagara, VA.

Normal flows here

The Roanoke River runs a median of 132 cfs at this gauge across 34 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 297 cfs, and September the leanest at 68 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,400 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 15 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1992 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Roanoke River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.7 feet, in April 1992.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GNVV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.