Russell Fork at Bartlick, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 03209200 sits on the Russell Fork and reads everything draining 526 square miles of the Upper Levisa basin. Its datum sits 1,164 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1963 to 2022, 26 years in all.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Russell Fork at Haysi, VA, reading 286 square miles. This gauge adds the 240 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Russell Fork at Cedarville, KY at 611 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Levisa Fork at Pikeville, KY.

Normal flows here

The Russell Fork runs a median of 348 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 803 cfs, and September the leanest at 107 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 29,800 cfs in 1963, and the lowest is 5.5 cfs in 1964.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1963 to 2022. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

The Russell Fork reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 30 feet, in January 1957.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRFV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.