Rockfish River near Greenfield, 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 02028500 sits on the Rockfish River and reads everything draining 95 square miles of the Middle James-Buffalo basin. Its datum sits 528 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1943, 83 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 James River at Scottsville, VA at 4,581 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Rockfish River runs a median of 92 cfs at this gauge across 83 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 167 cfs, and September the leanest at 27 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 28,800 cfs in 1969, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2002.

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 Rockfish River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.2 feet, in August 1969.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RKRV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.