Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Pedlar River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Pedlar River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Pedlar River is a 33.9-mile-long (54.6 km) tributary of the James River in west-central Virginia in the United States. Via the James River, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
The Pedlar River flows for its entire length in western Amherst County. It rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows generally southwardly to its confluence with the James River about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Lynchburg.