Flow report
West Virginia streamflow
Live discharge, gauge height, water temperature, and percent-of-normal readings from every USGS streamgauge in West Virginia. Built for paddlers, anglers, water managers, and flood researchers.
USGS gauges
81
State percent normal
24%
Paddle runs
2
Updated
May 16
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May
16
2026
Flow briefing
Streamflow levels across West Virginia are currently 24% of normal, with the Kanawha River At Charleston reporting the highest discharge in the state at 4,580 cfs and a gauge stage of 18.06 ft.
Meanwhile, the Gauley River Above Belva is seeing a spike today — up 93% since yesterday and currently running near peak.
Tap any gauge below for the full hydrograph, paired weather forecast, and historical context. Use the rivers panel to jump into West Virginia's named rivers.
West Virginia at a glance
State-wide streamflow overview
The West Virginia flow picture in four data points -- where the state sits versus historical norms, what's flowing hardest, and what's spiking fastest.
Percent of normal
24%
100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.
Highest discharge
Kanawha River At Charleston
4,580 cfs
Gauge stage 18.06 ft
Biggest 24h spike
Gauley River Above Belva
+93%
Now 853 cfs
Network coverage
Gauges + rivers tracked
81 + 22
USGS gauges feeding 22 named rivers in West Virginia.
Full streamgauge inventory
West Virginia USGS streamgauges
Every USGS gauge Snoflo tracks in West Virginia. Sortable, quickly filterable. Numeric columns heat-mapped from light to deep. Tap any gauge for its full hydrograph and forecast.
| Streamgage | Streamflow | Gage height | Water temp | Air temp | Elevation | Watershed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01607500 |
11 cfs | 1.36 ft | · | 84°F | 1,558 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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South Branch Potomac River At Franklin, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01605500 |
41 cfs | 1.68 ft | · | 84°F | 1,697 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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N F South Br Potomac R At Cabins, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01606000 |
105 cfs | 4.47 ft | · | 80°F | 1,053 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So. Branch Potomac River Nr Petersburg, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01606500 |
234 cfs | 4.09 ft | · | 85°F | 970 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So Fk South Branch Potomac R Nr Moorefield, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01608000 |
38 cfs | 2.70 ft | · | 86°F | 864 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So. Branch Pot. Riv. Nr. Moorefield, Wv
23 years ago · USGS 01608070 |
433 cfs | 8.34 ft | · | 43°F | 774 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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South Branch Potomac River Near Springfield, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01608500 |
245 cfs | 1.38 ft | 64°F | 84°F | 570 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Abram Creek At Oakmont, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01595300 |
23 cfs | 2.88 ft | · | 78°F | 1,846 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Patterson Creek Near Headsville, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01604500 |
25 cfs | 3.13 ft | · | 84°F | 623 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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North Branch Potomac River At Barnum, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01595800 |
244 cfs | 3.01 ft | 56°F | 80°F | 1,168 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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North Branch Potomac River At Luke, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01598500 |
316 cfs | 1.73 ft | · | 82°F | 952 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Waites Run Near Wardensville, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01610400 |
5 cfs | 3.46 ft | 54°F | 82°F | 1,258 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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Cacapon River Near Great Cacapon, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01611500 |
120 cfs | 1.60 ft | 64°F | 85°F | 466 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01616500 |
87 cfs | 1.97 ft | · | 84°F | 361 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Potomac River At Shepherdstown, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01618000 |
1,780 cfs | 2.29 ft | · | 83°F | 283 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Tuscarora Creek Above Martinsburg, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01617000 |
3 cfs | 2.21 ft | · | 84°F | 456 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Back Creek Near Jones Springs, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 01614000 |
26 cfs | 1.82 ft | · | 84°F | 436 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Shenandoah River At Millville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 01636500 |
783 cfs | 1.76 ft | 61°F | 84°F | 298 ft | Shenandoah |
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Tygart Valley River Near Dailey, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03050000 |
151 cfs | 1.70 ft | · | 81°F | 1,944 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Buckhannon River At Alton, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03052120 |
91 cfs | 5.30 ft | · | 79°F | 1,785 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Sand Run Near Buckhannon, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03052500 |
5 cfs | 1.63 ft | · | 80°F | 1,540 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Belington, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03051000 |
272 cfs | 3.20 ft | · | 80°F | 1,693 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Middle Fork River At Audra, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03052000 |
103 cfs | 2.40 ft | · | 79°F | 1,678 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Buckhannon River At Hall, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03053500 |
177 cfs | 4.73 ft | · | 79°F | 1,374 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Philippi, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03054500 |
633 cfs | 4.19 ft | 60°F | 80°F | 1,287 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley R At Tygart Dam Nr Grafton, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03056000 |
778 cfs | 5.61 ft | 57°F | 80°F | 969 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Three Fork Creek Nr Grafton, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03056250 |
79 cfs | 3.37 ft | · | 80°F | 1,004 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Colfax, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03057000 |
780 cfs | 4.43 ft | 58°F | 80°F | 868 ft | Tygart Valley |
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West Fork R Bl Stonewall Jackson Dam Nr Weston, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03058000 |
22 cfs | 8.40 ft | 58°F | 81°F | 1,021 ft | West Fork |
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W.F. River At Butcherville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03058500 |
57 cfs | 1.46 ft | · | 81°F | 996 ft | West Fork |
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West Fork River Near Mount Clare, Wv
9 years ago · USGS 03058975 |
271 cfs | 3.24 ft | · | 48°F | 936 ft | West Fork |
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West Fork River At Enterprise, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03061000 |
323 cfs | 2.18 ft | 60°F | 80°F | 872 ft | West Fork |
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Buffalo Creek At Barrackville, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03061500 |
135 cfs | 2.74 ft | · | 80°F | 903 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Deckers Creek At Morgantown, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03062500 |
46 cfs | · | · | 81°F | 806 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Shavers Fork Nr Cheat Bridge, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03067510 |
54 cfs | 4.58 ft | 50°F | 73°F | 3,542 ft | Cheat |
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Shavers Fork Below Bowden, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03068800 |
167 cfs | 4.21 ft | · | 78°F | 2,122 ft | Cheat |
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Dry Fork At Hendricks, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03065000 |
223 cfs | 2.16 ft | · | 80°F | 1,706 ft | Cheat |
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Cheat River Near Parsons, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03069500 |
681 cfs | 3.53 ft | 56°F | 81°F | 1,593 ft | Cheat |
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Blackwater R At Davis, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03066000 |
50 cfs | 1.75 ft | 55°F | 75°F | 3,071 ft | Cheat |
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Blackwater R Nr Davis, Wv
7 years ago · USGS 03065400 |
132 cfs | 1.81 ft | · | 31°F | 3,138 ft | Cheat |
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Cheat River At Albright, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03070260 |
1,200 cfs | 11.65 ft | 59°F | 80°F | 1,203 ft | Cheat |
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Big Sandy Creek At Rockville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03070500 |
95 cfs | 4.27 ft | · | 79°F | 1,338 ft | Cheat |
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Kings Creek At Weirton, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03110830 |
23 cfs | 1.35 ft | · | 80°F | 685 ft | Upper Ohio |
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Wheeling Creek At Elm Grove, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03112000 |
82 cfs | 2.41 ft | · | 81°F | 668 ft | Upper Ohio-Wheeling |
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Middle Island Creek At Little, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03114500 |
128 cfs | 2.65 ft | 62°F | 81°F | 634 ft | Little Muskingum-Middle Island |
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L Kanawha River Nr Wildcat, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03151400 |
50 cfs | 4.38 ft | · | 82°F | 866 ft | Little Kanawha |
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W.Fork Little Kanawha River At Rocksdale, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03154000 |
15 cfs | 5.63 ft | · | 82°F | 673 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Little Kanawha River At Palestine, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03155000 |
190 cfs | 14.08 ft | 64°F | 82°F | 605 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Bluestone River Near Pipestem, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03179000 |
129 cfs | 2.78 ft | 58°F | 82°F | 1,529 ft | Middle New |
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Greenbrier River At Hilldale, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03184000 |
792 cfs | 1.78 ft | · | 82°F | 1,394 ft | Greenbrier |
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Greenbrier River At Alderson, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03183500 |
820 cfs | 3.06 ft | 60°F | 83°F | 1,534 ft | Greenbrier |
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Greenbrier River At Buckeye, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03182500 |
345 cfs | 2.76 ft | · | 80°F | 2,089 ft | Greenbrier |
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Greenbrier River At Durbin, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03180500 |
136 cfs | 1.46 ft | 52°F | 79°F | 2,729 ft | Greenbrier |
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Piney Creek At Raleigh, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03185000 |
22 cfs | 1.99 ft | · | 79°F | 2,104 ft | Lower New |
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New River At Thurmond, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03185400 |
3,150 cfs | 3.98 ft | 63°F | 81°F | 1,041 ft | Lower New |
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Meadow River At Nallen, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03190000 |
166 cfs | 4.15 ft | · | 77°F | 1,880 ft | Gauley |
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Gauley River Above Belva, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03192000 |
853 cfs | 2.30 ft | · | 83°F | 675 ft | Gauley |
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Peters Creek Near Lockwood, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03191500 |
35 cfs | 5.40 ft | · | 82°F | 1,073 ft | Gauley |
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Gauley River Near Craigsville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03189100 |
568 cfs | 11.20 ft | 54°F | 77°F | 1,881 ft | Gauley |
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Cranberry River Near Richwood, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03187500 |
70 cfs | 2.63 ft | 52°F | 75°F | 2,138 ft | Gauley |
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Williams River At Dyer, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03186500 |
128 cfs | 1.78 ft | · | 75°F | 2,198 ft | Gauley |
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Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03193000 |
3,430 cfs | 3.05 ft | 64°F | 80°F | 622 ft | Upper Kanawha |
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Elk River At Clay, Wv
8 years ago · USGS 03196800 |
11,200 cfs | 5.90 ft | · | 48°F | 679 ft | Elk |
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Elk River At Queen Shoals, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03197000 |
762 cfs | 5.23 ft | · | 83°F | 609 ft | Elk |
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Birch River At Herold, Wv
11 years ago · USGS 03196500 |
11 cfs | 5.09 ft | · | 48°F | 936 ft | Elk |
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Elk River Below Webster Springs, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03194700 |
311 cfs | 4.32 ft | 56°F | 77°F | 1,019 ft | Elk |
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Kanawha River At Charleston, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03198000 |
4,580 cfs | 18.06 ft | · | 84°F | 566 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Hurricane Creek At Hurricane, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03201405 |
1 cfs | 4.80 ft | · | 84°F | 630 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Pocatalico River At Sissonville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03201000 |
6 cfs | 1.91 ft | · | 84°F | 613 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Clear Fork At Whitesville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03198350 |
23 cfs | 12.27 ft | · | 83°F | 842 ft | Coal |
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Big Coal River At Ashford, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03198500 |
149 cfs | 1.99 ft | · | 83°F | 619 ft | Coal |
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Coal River At Tornado, Wv
12 hours ago · USGS 03200500 |
287 cfs | 9.72 ft | 61°F | 85°F | 579 ft | Coal |
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Guyandotte River Near Baileysville, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03202400 |
170 cfs | 3.33 ft | · | 82°F | 1,139 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Clear Fork At Clear Fork, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03202750 |
36 cfs | 2.02 ft | · | 84°F | 1,140 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Guyandotte River At Man, Wv
7 years ago · USGS 03203000 |
968 cfs | 6.12 ft | · | 49°F | 721 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Guyandotte River At Logan, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03203600 |
315 cfs | 5.07 ft | · | 83°F | 646 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Dry Fork At Beartown, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03212980 |
68 cfs | 2.93 ft | · | 84°F | 1,076 ft | Tug |
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Tug Fork At Welch, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03212750 |
91 cfs | 3.23 ft | · | 83°F | 1,283 ft | Tug |
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Panther Creek Near Panther, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03213500 |
5 cfs | 2.59 ft | · | 85°F | 1,060 ft | Tug |
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Tug Fork At Kermit, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03214500 |
395 cfs | 2.84 ft | · | 82°F | 579 ft | Tug |
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East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03206600 |
3 cfs | 3.50 ft | · | 81°F | 719 ft | Twelvepole |
Whitewater & paddle
West Virginia river runs
Paddleable river sections in West Virginia keyed to USGS gauges, with live streamflow and whitewater class.
| River run | Status | Streamflow | Air temp | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone Dam To Sandstone | · | · | 60°F | III- TO IV- |
| Upper Gauley - Summersville Dam To Mason Branch | · | · | 51°F | IV TO V |
By river
Explore West Virginia's named rivers
Rivers across West Virginia with USGS gauge coverage. Tap any one to see every gauge that reports on it -- great for paddlers, anglers, and watershed researchers narrowing in on a specific drainage.
Birch River
Blackwater River
Bluestone River
Buckhannon River
Cacapon River
Cheat River
Coal River
Cranberry River
Gauley River
Greenbrier River
Guyandotte River
Kanawha River
Little Kanawha River
Meadow River
Middle Fork River
Pocatalico River
Potomac River
Shenandoah River
Tygart Valley River
W.F. River
West Fork River
Williams River
Flow report FAQ
About West Virginia streamflow
Where does the West Virginia streamflow data come from?
The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System. USGS streamgauges report continuously (every 15 minutes) and the data is the canonical real-time record for U.S. rivers. Snoflo pulls the latest readings and joins them to a 7-day NOAA weather forecast for each station.
What is cfs?
Cubic feet per second — the standard unit for streamflow. One cfs is about 7.5 gallons per second. Small creeks run at single-digit cfs; the Mississippi at hundreds of thousands.
What does Gauge Height mean?
The water level at the gauge in feet above the reference datum. Used together with discharge to track river state. Flood stage and runnable levels are typically expressed in gauge height (e.g., "flood at 16 ft").
How fresh is the West Virginia data?
USGS streamgauges report every 15 minutes; Snoflo re-pulls throughout the day. The AI briefing regenerates daily.
Can I get a flow alert for a West Virginia gauge?
Yes. Save any USGS gauge as a favorite in the Snoflo iOS app, set a discharge or stage threshold (e.g. "alert me when discharge crosses 2,000 cfs"), and you'll get a push the moment it crosses.
Is this a substitute for an NWS flood warning?
No. Snoflo is informational. For flood life-safety decisions always follow guidance from your local NWS forecast office and state emergency management. Snoflo data is one input among several.
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