Rivers in Virginia

Big Otter River near Evington

Campbell County, VirginiaNWS EVGV2USGS 02061500Blacksburg office

Below flood stage
1.65ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 2:45 PM UTC

Flood stage
19.00 ft
Record crest
29.93 ft1995

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Minor flood19.00 ft
Action16.00 ft
  1. 19.00 ftFLOODING OF LOWLAND FIELDS AND AND AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Crest history

93 crests on NOAA’s list since 1937.

#DateStage
1June 23, 199529.93 ft
2September 8, 198724.96 ft
3October 19, 193723.14 ft
4August 19, 193923.13 ft
5September 6, 199622.98 ft
6November 5, 198522.69 ft
7January 25, 201022.56 ft
8August 14, 194022.42 ft
9May 6, 198922.27 ft
10February 16, 202521.98 ft
11March 23, 194921.86 ft
12November 12, 202021.54 ft
13April 13, 202021.53 ft
14September 22, 197921.47 ft
15June 21, 197221.03 ft
16October 23, 199020.82 ft
17May 15, 200920.77 ft
18October 8, 200520.30 ft
19May 8, 201320.25 ft
20June 18, 202020.23 ft
21April 22, 199220.08 ft
22August 8, 194219.84 ft
23March 19, 197519.83 ft
24January 26, 197819.78 ft
25September 19, 194419.64 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 16, 2025: 21.98 ft
  • September 26, 2024: 17.46 ft
  • August 9, 2024: 9.18 ft
  • January 10, 2024: 19.47 ft
  • July 16, 2023: 16.36 ft
  • November 30, 2020: 16.62 ft
  • November 12, 2020: 21.54 ft
  • June 18, 2020: 20.23 ft
  • April 13, 2020: 21.53 ft
  • December 21, 2018: 16.78 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.