West Virginia River Levels & Streamflow
As of Aug 5, 2026, West Virginia rivers are running at 164% of normal across 75 USGS gauges — the highest is 8,600 cfs on the Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls. Live discharge, gauge height, and percent-of-normal for every USGS streamgauge in West Virginia.
Streamflow levels across West Virginia are currently 164% of normal, with the Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls reporting the highest discharge in the state at 8,600 cfs and a gauge stage of 4.86 ft.
Meanwhile, the Kings Creek At Weirton is seeing a spike today — up 3519% 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.
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
100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.
Highest discharge
Gauge stage 4.86 ft
Biggest 24h spike
Now 308 cfs
Network coverage
USGS gauges feeding 0 named rivers in West Virginia.
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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Kanawha River At Charleston, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198000 |
20,300 cfs | 18.92 ft | · | 60°F | 566 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03193000 |
19,300 cfs | 7.32 ft | 72°F | 58°F | 622 ft | Upper Kanawha |
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New River At Thurmond, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03185400 |
9,250 cfs | 7.38 ft | 78°F | 60°F | 1,041 ft | Lower New |
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Gauley River Above Belva, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03192000 |
6,340 cfs | 6.00 ft | · | 58°F | 675 ft | Gauley |
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Meadow River At Nallen, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03190000 |
2,410 cfs | 8.75 ft | · | 59°F | 1,880 ft | Gauley |
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Potomac River At Shepherdstown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01618000 |
1,140 cfs | 1.93 ft | · | 61°F | 283 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Little Kanawha River At Palestine, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03155000 |
1,120 cfs | 15.36 ft | 78°F | 57°F | 605 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Gauley River Near Craigsville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03189100 |
1,060 cfs | 11.80 ft | 70°F | 58°F | 1,881 ft | Gauley |
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Tygart Valley River At Colfax, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03057000 |
939 cfs | 4.66 ft | 73°F | 60°F | 868 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Bluestone River Near Pipestem, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03179000 |
933 cfs | 5.21 ft | 69°F | 64°F | 1,529 ft | Middle New |
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Tygart Valley R At Tygart Dam Nr Grafton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03056000 |
847 cfs | 5.69 ft | 71°F | 58°F | 969 ft | Tygart Valley |
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West Fork River At Enterprise, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03061000 |
670 cfs | 3.11 ft | 75°F | 58°F | 872 ft | West Fork |
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Cheat River At Albright, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03070260 |
601 cfs | 10.78 ft | 77°F | 58°F | 1,203 ft | Cheat |
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Shenandoah River At Millville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01636500 |
589 cfs | 1.50 ft | 61°F | 61°F | 298 ft | Shenandoah |
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Tug Fork At Kermit, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03214500 |
557 cfs | 3.40 ft | · | 63°F | 579 ft | Tug |
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Greenbrier River At Hilldale, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03184000 |
478 cfs | 1.37 ft | · | 64°F | 1,394 ft | Greenbrier |
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Elk River At Queen Shoals, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03197000 |
475 cfs | 4.66 ft | · | 60°F | 609 ft | Elk |
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Greenbrier River At Alderson, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03183500 |
451 cfs | 2.69 ft | 77°F | 64°F | 1,534 ft | Greenbrier |
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Guyandotte River Near Baileysville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03202400 |
434 cfs | 4.00 ft | · | 65°F | 1,139 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Coal River At Tornado, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03200500 |
409 cfs | 9.95 ft | 75°F | 59°F | 579 ft | Coal |
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Wheeling Creek At Elm Grove, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03112000 |
405 cfs | 3.00 ft | · | 57°F | 668 ft | Upper Ohio-Wheeling |
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Tygart Valley River At Philippi, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03054500 |
343 cfs | 3.82 ft | 76°F | 59°F | 1,287 ft | Tygart Valley |
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North Branch Potomac River At Luke, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01598500 |
332 cfs | 1.77 ft | · | 59°F | 952 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Guyandotte River At Logan, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03203600 |
320 cfs | 5.08 ft | · | 64°F | 646 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Cheat River Near Parsons, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03069500 |
318 cfs | 2.86 ft | 73°F | 58°F | 1,593 ft | Cheat |
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Big Coal River At Ashford, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198500 |
271 cfs | 2.51 ft | · | 60°F | 619 ft | Coal |
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North Branch Potomac River At Barnum, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01595800 |
260 cfs | 3.05 ft | 57°F | 58°F | 1,168 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Tug Fork At Welch, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03212750 |
248 cfs | 4.07 ft | · | 62°F | 1,283 ft | Tug |
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Williams River At Dyer, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03186500 |
213 cfs | 2.13 ft | · | 60°F | 2,198 ft | Gauley |
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Pocatalico River At Sissonville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03201000 |
212 cfs | 3.95 ft | · | 59°F | 613 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Elk River Below Webster Springs, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03194700 |
203 cfs | 4.01 ft | 75°F | 59°F | 1,019 ft | Elk |
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Buckhannon River At Hall, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03053500 |
194 cfs | 4.74 ft | · | 61°F | 1,374 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Cranberry River Near Richwood, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03187500 |
192 cfs | 3.20 ft | 65°F | 58°F | 2,138 ft | Gauley |
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W.F. River At Butcherville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03058500 |
152 cfs | 1.92 ft | · | 56°F | 996 ft | West Fork |
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West Fork R Bl Stonewall Jackson Dam Nr Weston, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03058000 |
142 cfs | 8.81 ft | 73°F | 60°F | 1,021 ft | West Fork |
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South Branch Potomac River Near Springfield, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01608500 |
140 cfs | 1.07 ft | 79°F | 58°F | 570 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Greenbrier River At Buckeye, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03182500 |
133 cfs | 2.29 ft | · | 60°F | 2,089 ft | Greenbrier |
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Dry Fork At Beartown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03212980 |
130 cfs | 3.40 ft | · | 61°F | 1,076 ft | Tug |
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Big Sandy Creek At Rockville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03070500 |
126 cfs | 4.32 ft | · | 56°F | 1,338 ft | Cheat |
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So. Branch Potomac River Nr Petersburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01606500 |
124 cfs | 3.83 ft | · | 60°F | 970 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Piney Creek At Raleigh, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03185000 |
110 cfs | 2.52 ft | · | 59°F | 2,104 ft | Lower New |
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Tygart Valley River At Belington, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03051000 |
109 cfs | 2.75 ft | · | 55°F | 1,693 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Dry Fork At Hendricks, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03065000 |
107 cfs | 1.81 ft | · | 59°F | 1,706 ft | Cheat |
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Kings Creek At Weirton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03110830 |
94 cfs | 1.84 ft | · | 56°F | 685 ft | Upper Ohio |
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Three Fork Creek Nr Grafton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03056250 |
84 cfs | 3.42 ft | · | 55°F | 1,004 ft | Tygart Valley |
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W.Fork Little Kanawha River At Rocksdale, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03154000 |
83 cfs | 6.20 ft | · | 62°F | 673 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01616500 |
79 cfs | 1.91 ft | · | 61°F | 361 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Middle Fork River At Audra, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052000 |
78 cfs | 2.23 ft | · | 59°F | 1,678 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Shavers Fork Below Bowden, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03068800 |
73 cfs | 3.74 ft | · | 55°F | 2,122 ft | Cheat |
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Middle Island Creek At Little, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03114500 |
66 cfs | 2.46 ft | 78°F | 60°F | 634 ft | Little Muskingum-Middle Island |
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Buckhannon River At Alton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052120 |
64 cfs | 5.11 ft | · | 55°F | 1,785 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Cacapon River Near Great Cacapon, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01611500 |
60 cfs | 1.35 ft | 79°F | 59°F | 466 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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Deckers Creek At Morgantown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03062500 |
59 cfs | · | · | 58°F | 806 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Sand Run Near Buckhannon, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052500 |
58 cfs | 2.59 ft | · | 59°F | 1,540 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Buffalo Creek At Barrackville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03061500 |
53 cfs | 2.33 ft | · | 59°F | 903 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Tygart Valley River Near Dailey, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03050000 |
51 cfs | 1.09 ft | · | 56°F | 1,944 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Shavers Fork Nr Cheat Bridge, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03067510 |
45 cfs | 4.49 ft | 65°F | 55°F | 3,542 ft | Cheat |
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L Kanawha River Nr Wildcat, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03151400 |
43 cfs | 4.32 ft | · | 58°F | 866 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Greenbrier River At Durbin, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03180500 |
43 cfs | · | 69°F | 55°F | 2,729 ft | Greenbrier |
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Blackwater R At Davis, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03066000 |
39 cfs | 1.57 ft | 70°F | 55°F | 3,071 ft | Cheat |
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South Branch Potomac River At Franklin, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01605500 |
37 cfs | 1.65 ft | · | 60°F | 1,697 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Clear Fork At Clear Fork, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03202750 |
36 cfs | 2.00 ft | · | 63°F | 1,140 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Peters Creek Near Lockwood, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03191500 |
33 cfs | 5.37 ft | · | 58°F | 1,073 ft | Gauley |
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N F South Br Potomac R At Cabins, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01606000 |
28 cfs | 4.00 ft | · | 60°F | 1,053 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So Fk South Branch Potomac R Nr Moorefield, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01608000 |
25 cfs | 2.65 ft | · | 61°F | 864 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Clear Fork At Whitesville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198350 |
21 cfs | 12.28 ft | · | 60°F | 842 ft | Coal |
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East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03206600 |
18 cfs | 3.95 ft | · | 59°F | 719 ft | Twelvepole |
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Panther Creek Near Panther, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03213500 |
15 cfs | 2.93 ft | · | 61°F | 1,060 ft | Tug |
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Back Creek Near Jones Springs, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01614000 |
11 cfs | 1.60 ft | · | 61°F | 436 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Patterson Creek Near Headsville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01604500 |
10 cfs | 2.95 ft | · | 58°F | 623 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01607500 |
9 cfs | 1.32 ft | · | 59°F | 1,558 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Hurricane Creek At Hurricane, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03201405 |
7 cfs | 5.08 ft | · | 59°F | 630 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Abram Creek At Oakmont, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01595300 |
7 cfs | 2.60 ft | · | 56°F | 1,846 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Tuscarora Creek Above Martinsburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01617000 |
2 cfs | 2.18 ft | · | 61°F | 456 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Waites Run Near Wardensville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01610400 |
1 cfs | 3.29 ft | 67°F | 59°F | 1,258 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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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 |
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About West Virginia streamflow
What are river levels like in West Virginia right now?
As of August 5, 2026, West Virginia rivers are running at 164% of normal across 75 USGS streamgauges, and the Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls is reporting the highest discharge at 8,600 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.
Which West Virginia river is running highest right now?
As of August 5, 2026, the highest discharge in West Virginia is 8,600 cfs on the Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls. See the sortable gauge table for the full statewide ranking.
Are West Virginia rivers high or low right now?
Compare the statewide percent-of-normal on this page: above 100% means West Virginia rivers are running higher than the seasonal average for the date, below 100% means lower (a dry spell or drought). Each gauge also shows its own percent of median.
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.