About this river
Mattaponi River is a 9.8 mile river near Virginia Outdoor Center in Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mattaponi River near Bowling Green, VA (site 01674000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1943 to 2026
Mattaponi River typically runs highest in March, at a median 292 cfs, and lowest in September, at 19 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,200 cfs, in 1972.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 222 | 121 to 380 | |
| February | 265 | 159 to 443 | |
| March | 292 | 181 to 496 | |
| April | 251 | 145 to 401 | |
| May | 144 | 81 to 291 | |
| June | 74 | 38 to 136 | |
| July | 37 | 14 to 81 | |
| August | 25 | 8.2 to 74 | |
| September | 19 | 5.2 to 56 | |
| October | 30 | 8.5 to 91 | |
| November | 81 | 36 to 179 | |
| December | 171 | 83 to 315 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 84 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mattaponi River near Bowling Green, VA (site 01674000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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