South River near Dooms, 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 01626850 sits on the South River and reads everything draining 148 square miles of the South Fork Shenandoah basin. Its datum sits 1,246 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1974, 43 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is South River near Waynesboro, VA, reading 127 square miles. This gauge adds the 21 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from South River at Harriston, VA at 212 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 70% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to South Fork Shenandoah River near Lynnwood, VA.

Normal flows here

The South River runs a median of 134 cfs at this gauge across 43 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 223 cfs, and September the leanest at 62 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,000 cfs in 1986, and the lowest is 33 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1974 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The South River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.2 feet, in September 1996.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DOOV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.