Rivers in Virginia

Banister River at Halifax

Pittsylvania County, VirginiaNWS HALV2USGS 02077000Blacksburg office

Below flood stage
2.01ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:00 PM EDT

Record crest
40.80 ft1944

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Action16.00 ft

Crest history

100 crests on NOAA’s list since 1929.

#DateStage
1September 20, 194440.80 ft
2August 16, 194037.80 ft
3October 12, 201835.02 ft
4September 7, 199633.45 ft
5June 22, 193831.22 ft
6April 27, 197829.78 ft
7June 22, 197228.90 ft
8February 8, 202027.91 ft
9January 2, 200727.61 ft
10September 8, 198726.71 ft
11February 26, 197926.26 ft
12March 21, 200326.19 ft
13November 13, 202025.90 ft
14March 31, 197525.89 ft
15November 13, 200925.64 ft
16September 24, 201825.46 ft
17December 25, 201525.09 ft
18April 26, 201724.85 ft
19December 30, 195824.30 ft
20March 5, 199324.27 ft
21September 19, 194524.20 ft
22March 18, 193624.10 ft
23September 12, 197124.07 ft
24October 3, 192924.02 ft
25June 24, 199523.35 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 17, 2025: 16.58 ft
  • October 2, 2024: 17.28 ft
  • August 10, 2024: 15.47 ft
  • January 11, 2024: 22.58 ft
  • February 14, 2023: 15.94 ft
  • December 1, 2020: 21.93 ft
  • November 13, 2020: 25.90 ft
  • February 8, 2020: 27.91 ft
  • June 14, 2019: 19.92 ft
  • October 12, 2018: 35.02 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.