Banister River at Halifax, VA

USGS Site No: 02077000 • Banister River • Halifax County, VA

Banister River at Halifax, VA on the Banister River is currently at 153 cfs (Low — 18th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 3.19 ft. This station is at or above flood stage.

Reading from

153
CFS Discharge
3.19
Gage Height (ft)
Low
Flow Condition
FLOOD
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 119
25th Low threshold 183 Today: 153 cfs
50th (Median) Normal (median) 263
75th High threshold 449
95th Very High threshold 1,030

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

3.5k 1.8k 0 cfs Apr 6 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 255 —
May 27, 2026 379 —
May 26, 2026 928 —
May 25, 2026 338 —
May 24, 2026 124 —
May 23, 2026 113 —
May 22, 2026 108 —
May 21, 2026 83 —
May 20, 2026 84 —
May 19, 2026 87 —
May 18, 2026 90 —
May 17, 2026 96 —
May 16, 2026 100 —
May 15, 2026 106 —
Apr 21, 2026 138 —
Apr 20, 2026 143 —
Apr 19, 2026 152 —
Apr 18, 2026 157 —
Apr 17, 2026 163 —
Apr 16, 2026 170 —
Apr 15, 2026 176 —
Apr 14, 2026 182 —
Apr 13, 2026 185 —
Apr 12, 2026 187 —
Apr 11, 2026 191 —
Apr 10, 2026 191 —
Apr 9, 2026 197 —
Apr 8, 2026 208 —
Apr 7, 2026 224 —
Apr 6, 2026 228 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
02077000
State
VA
County
Halifax County
Coordinates
36.7765, -78.9158
Drainage Area
547 mi²
Datum (ft)
314.7
HUC Code
03010105
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
16.0 ft

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
1,690 cfs
May 14, 2025
Min discharge
78 cfs
Sep 24, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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