Dan River at Paces, VA
Halifax County, Virginia · USGS 02075500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Dan River at its USGS monitoring location in Halifax County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Falling
Streamflow is currently 632 ft³/s, 45% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 122 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 1,150 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 756 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 697 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 673 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 622 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 608 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 663 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 650 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 406 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 488 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 565 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 555 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 549 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 398 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 422 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 590 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 599 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 567 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 496 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 599 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 426 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 357 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 405 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 400 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 370 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 360 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 389 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 648 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 855 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 880 CFS |
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