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Appomattox River at Mattoax Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 7.96 ft at 8:30PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 8:45PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 9:00PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 9:15PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 9:30PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 9:45PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 10:00PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:15PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:30PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:45PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:00PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:15PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:30PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:45PM Mar 24, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 12:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 1:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 2:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 2:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 2:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 2:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 3:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 3:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 3:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 5:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 6:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 7:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 8:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 9:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 9:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 10:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:00AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:15AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:30AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.95 ft at 11:45AM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 12:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 12:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 12:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 12:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 1:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 1:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 1:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 1:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 2:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.96 ft at 3:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 5:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 6:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 6:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 6:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 6:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 7:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 7:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 7:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 7:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 8:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 8:15PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 8:30PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 8:45PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 9:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 9:15PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 9:30PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 9:45PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 10:00PM Mar 25, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 10:15PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 10:30PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 10:45PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 11:00PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 11:15PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 11:30PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 11:45PM Mar 25, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 12:00AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 12:15AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 12:30AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 12:45AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 1:00AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 1:15AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 1:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 1:45AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 2:00AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 2:15AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 2:30AM Mar 26, 2023Highest Observation: 7.99 ft at 2:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 3:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 3:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 3:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 3:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 4:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 4:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 4:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 4:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 5:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 5:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 5:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 5:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 6:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 6:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.98 ft at 6:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 6:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 8:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 9:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 9:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 9:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 9:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 10:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 10:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 10:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 10:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 11:00AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 11:15AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 11:30AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 11:45AM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 12:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 1:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 1:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 1:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 1:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 2:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 2:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 2:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 2:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 3:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 4:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 5:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 6:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 6:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 6:30PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 6:45PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:00PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:15PM Mar 26, 2023Observed: 7.97 ft at 7:30PM Mar 26, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 2:00AM Mar 27, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 8:00AM Mar 27, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 2:00PM Mar 27, 2023Forecast: 8.1 ft 8:00PM Mar 27, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 2:00AM Mar 28, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 8:00AM Mar 28, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 2:00PM Mar 28, 2023Forecast: 8 ft 8:00PM Mar 28, 2023Forecast: 8.1 ft 2:00AM Mar 29, 2023Highest Forecast: 8.2 ft 8:00AM Mar 29, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesMTXV2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (8:15PM Mar 26, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 10:25AM Mar 26)Latest observed value: 7.97 ft at 7:30 PM EDT 26-Mar-2023. Flood Stage is 21 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 72 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Appomattox River at Mattoax are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 28
Moderate Flood Stage: 25
Flood Stage: 21
Action Stage: 18
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 35.30 ft on 08/18/1940
(2) 34.08 ft on 06/25/1972
(3) 31.10 ft on 10/07/1972
(4) 30.84 ft on 02/26/1979
(5) 29.97 ft on 04/28/1937
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 18.16 ft on 02/16/2023 (P)
(2) 22.17 ft on 02/20/2021
(3) 21.10 ft on 12/09/2020
(4) 26.50 ft on 11/15/2020
(5) 22.64 ft on 02/11/2020
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 3.52 ft on 10/02/1930
(2) 4.60 ft on 08/12/1957
(3) 4.90 ft on 07/28/1966
(4) 4.91 ft on 09/30/1968
(5) 4.92 ft on 10/07/1969

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34 Near record flooding.
32.1 River stage sensor operating limit
28 Secondary roads closed due to flooding.
25 Agricultural and some secondary roads flooded.
21 Agricultural and pasture land flooded.
19 Left bank begins to flood.
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Latitude: 37.421389° N, Longitude: 77.859167° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 21 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 173.64 ft 194.64 ft Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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Additional Water and Weather Topics from the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center (MARFC):
MARFC Home Page, Current Hazards, Current Conditions James River, Current Conditions Appomattox River,
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