Roanoke (Staunton) River at Randolph, 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 02066000 sits on the Roanoke (Staunton) River and reads everything draining 2,966 square miles of the Middle Roanoke basin. Its datum sits 306 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1963, 64 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Roanoke (Staunton) River at Brookneal, VA, reading 2,404 square miles. This gauge adds the 562 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from John H Kerr Reservoir at Dam near Boydton, VA at 7,866 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 38% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Roanoke (Staunton) River runs a median of 1,710 cfs at this gauge across 64 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,970 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,140 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 78,700 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 179 cfs in 1970.

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 Roanoke (Staunton) River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 21 feet. The highest crest on record is 41.6 feet, in August 1940.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RNDV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.