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
75
State percent normal
95%
Paddle runs
2
Updated
Jul 19
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July
19
2026
Flow briefing
Streamflow levels across West Virginia are currently 95% of normal, with the Kanawha River At Charleston reporting the highest discharge in the state at 5,720 cfs and a gauge stage of 18.06 ft.
Meanwhile, the So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine is seeing a spike today — up 959% 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.
River levels near West Virginia towns
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
95%
100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.
Highest discharge
Kanawha River At Charleston
5,720 cfs
Gauge stage 18.06 ft
Biggest 24h spike
So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine
+959%
Now 359 cfs
Network coverage
Gauges + rivers tracked
75 + 0
USGS gauges feeding 0 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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Kanawha River At Charleston, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198000 |
5,720 cfs | 18.06 ft | · | 74°F | 566 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03193000 |
4,920 cfs | 3.66 ft | 82°F | 70°F | 622 ft | Upper Kanawha |
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New River At Thurmond, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03185400 |
3,230 cfs | 4.04 ft | 83°F | 69°F | 1,041 ft | Lower New |
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Potomac River At Shepherdstown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01618000 |
1,730 cfs | 2.26 ft | · | 70°F | 283 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Tygart Valley R At Tygart Dam Nr Grafton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03056000 |
1,160 cfs | 6.14 ft | 71°F | 71°F | 969 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Colfax, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03057000 |
1,100 cfs | 4.87 ft | 74°F | 71°F | 868 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Shenandoah River At Millville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01636500 |
866 cfs | 1.86 ft | 61°F | 73°F | 298 ft | Shenandoah |
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Gauley River Above Belva, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03192000 |
765 cfs | 2.19 ft | · | 71°F | 675 ft | Gauley |
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Cheat River At Albright, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03070260 |
618 cfs | 10.81 ft | 82°F | 68°F | 1,203 ft | Cheat |
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Tug Fork At Kermit, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03214500 |
604 cfs | 3.55 ft | · | 71°F | 579 ft | Tug |
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Coal River At Tornado, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03200500 |
541 cfs | 10.14 ft | 80°F | 75°F | 579 ft | Coal |
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Greenbrier River At Hilldale, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03184000 |
539 cfs | 1.45 ft | · | 71°F | 1,394 ft | Greenbrier |
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Guyandotte River At Logan, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03203600 |
415 cfs | 5.25 ft | · | 73°F | 646 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Greenbrier River At Alderson, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03183500 |
394 cfs | 2.62 ft | 82°F | 71°F | 1,534 ft | Greenbrier |
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So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01607500 |
359 cfs | 3.00 ft | · | 68°F | 1,558 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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South Branch Potomac River Near Springfield, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01608500 |
344 cfs | 1.62 ft | 83°F | 68°F | 570 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Cheat River Near Parsons, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03069500 |
336 cfs | 2.90 ft | 80°F | 70°F | 1,593 ft | Cheat |
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North Branch Potomac River At Luke, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01598500 |
332 cfs | 1.77 ft | · | 70°F | 952 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Tygart Valley River At Philippi, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03054500 |
321 cfs | 3.69 ft | 83°F | 71°F | 1,287 ft | Tygart Valley |
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North Branch Potomac River At Barnum, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01595800 |
256 cfs | 3.04 ft | 57°F | 70°F | 1,168 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Little Kanawha River At Palestine, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03155000 |
250 cfs | 14.22 ft | 84°F | 74°F | 605 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Gauley River Near Craigsville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03189100 |
246 cfs | 10.60 ft | 79°F | 68°F | 1,881 ft | Gauley |
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Elk River At Queen Shoals, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03197000 |
227 cfs | 4.08 ft | · | 74°F | 609 ft | Elk |
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Bluestone River Near Pipestem, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03179000 |
221 cfs | 3.25 ft | 76°F | 71°F | 1,529 ft | Middle New |
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Big Coal River At Ashford, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198500 |
221 cfs | 2.28 ft | · | 73°F | 619 ft | Coal |
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Meadow River At Nallen, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03190000 |
180 cfs | 4.23 ft | · | 69°F | 1,880 ft | Gauley |
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So. Branch Potomac River Nr Petersburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01606500 |
172 cfs | 4.01 ft | · | 70°F | 970 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Guyandotte River Near Baileysville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03202400 |
165 cfs | 3.31 ft | · | 70°F | 1,139 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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West Fork River At Enterprise, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03061000 |
160 cfs | 1.60 ft | 81°F | 70°F | 872 ft | West Fork |
|
Greenbrier River At Buckeye, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03182500 |
133 cfs | 2.29 ft | · | 68°F | 2,089 ft | Greenbrier |
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South Branch Potomac River At Franklin, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01605500 |
115 cfs | 2.12 ft | · | 70°F | 1,697 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Buckhannon River At Hall, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03053500 |
112 cfs | 4.46 ft | · | 71°F | 1,374 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Dry Fork At Beartown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03212980 |
99 cfs | 3.21 ft | · | 71°F | 1,076 ft | Tug |
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Tug Fork At Welch, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03212750 |
99 cfs | 3.29 ft | · | 70°F | 1,283 ft | Tug |
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Dry Fork At Hendricks, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03065000 |
96 cfs | 1.77 ft | · | 70°F | 1,706 ft | Cheat |
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Elk River Below Webster Springs, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03194700 |
91 cfs | 3.52 ft | 82°F | 69°F | 1,019 ft | Elk |
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Shavers Fork Below Bowden, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03068800 |
82 cfs | 3.80 ft | · | 70°F | 2,122 ft | Cheat |
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Cacapon River Near Great Cacapon, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01611500 |
77 cfs | 1.44 ft | 82°F | 69°F | 466 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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W.F. River At Butcherville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03058500 |
76 cfs | 1.56 ft | · | 72°F | 996 ft | West Fork |
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West Fork R Bl Stonewall Jackson Dam Nr Weston, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03058000 |
75 cfs | 8.58 ft | 73°F | 72°F | 1,021 ft | West Fork |
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Wheeling Creek At Elm Grove, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03112000 |
71 cfs | 2.33 ft | · | 72°F | 668 ft | Upper Ohio-Wheeling |
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Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01616500 |
69 cfs | 1.83 ft | · | 71°F | 361 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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So Fk South Branch Potomac R Nr Moorefield, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01608000 |
67 cfs | 2.96 ft | · | 71°F | 864 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Middle Fork River At Audra, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052000 |
66 cfs | 2.15 ft | · | 71°F | 1,678 ft | Tygart Valley |
|
Big Sandy Creek At Rockville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03070500 |
66 cfs | 3.87 ft | · | 68°F | 1,338 ft | Cheat |
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Tygart Valley River At Belington, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03051000 |
58 cfs | 2.52 ft | · | 71°F | 1,693 ft | Tygart Valley |
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N F South Br Potomac R At Cabins, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01606000 |
56 cfs | 4.20 ft | · | 70°F | 1,053 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Clear Fork At Clear Fork, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03202750 |
55 cfs | 2.15 ft | · | 71°F | 1,140 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Three Fork Creek Nr Grafton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03056250 |
54 cfs | 3.12 ft | · | 71°F | 1,004 ft | Tygart Valley |
|
Williams River At Dyer, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03186500 |
54 cfs | 1.33 ft | · | 68°F | 2,198 ft | Gauley |
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Buffalo Creek At Barrackville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03061500 |
49 cfs | 2.30 ft | · | 70°F | 903 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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L Kanawha River Nr Wildcat, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03151400 |
47 cfs | 4.36 ft | · | 73°F | 866 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Middle Island Creek At Little, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03114500 |
43 cfs | 2.32 ft | 84°F | 73°F | 634 ft | Little Muskingum-Middle Island |
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Cranberry River Near Richwood, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03187500 |
41 cfs | 2.34 ft | 74°F | 68°F | 2,138 ft | Gauley |
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Buckhannon River At Alton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052120 |
38 cfs | 4.92 ft | · | 69°F | 1,785 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Peters Creek Near Lockwood, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03191500 |
34 cfs | 5.39 ft | · | 70°F | 1,073 ft | Gauley |
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Greenbrier River At Durbin, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03180500 |
34 cfs | · | 75°F | 66°F | 2,729 ft | Greenbrier |
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Blackwater R At Davis, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03066000 |
32 cfs | 1.51 ft | 78°F | 65°F | 3,071 ft | Cheat |
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Piney Creek At Raleigh, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03185000 |
25 cfs | 1.92 ft | · | 68°F | 2,104 ft | Lower New |
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Tygart Valley River Near Dailey, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03050000 |
24 cfs | · | · | 71°F | 1,944 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Shavers Fork Nr Cheat Bridge, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03067510 |
24 cfs | 4.24 ft | 74°F | 65°F | 3,542 ft | Cheat |
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Deckers Creek At Morgantown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03062500 |
21 cfs | · | · | 70°F | 806 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Patterson Creek Near Headsville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01604500 |
21 cfs | 3.10 ft | · | 69°F | 623 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Clear Fork At Whitesville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198350 |
19 cfs | 12.25 ft | · | 71°F | 842 ft | Coal |
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W.Fork Little Kanawha River At Rocksdale, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03154000 |
17 cfs | 5.64 ft | · | 73°F | 673 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Kings Creek At Weirton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03110830 |
15 cfs | 1.26 ft | · | 70°F | 685 ft | Upper Ohio |
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Pocatalico River At Sissonville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03201000 |
12 cfs | 1.99 ft | · | 74°F | 613 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Back Creek Near Jones Springs, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01614000 |
10 cfs | 1.59 ft | · | 71°F | 436 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Abram Creek At Oakmont, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01595300 |
7 cfs | 2.59 ft | · | 69°F | 1,846 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Panther Creek Near Panther, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03213500 |
5 cfs | 2.55 ft | · | 71°F | 1,060 ft | Tug |
|
East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03206600 |
4 cfs | 3.57 ft | · | 73°F | 719 ft | Twelvepole |
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Tuscarora Creek Above Martinsburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01617000 |
3 cfs | 2.22 ft | · | 71°F | 456 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Sand Run Near Buckhannon, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052500 |
2 cfs | 1.53 ft | · | 71°F | 1,540 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Waites Run Near Wardensville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01610400 |
1 cfs | 3.30 ft | 71°F | 71°F | 1,258 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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Hurricane Creek At Hurricane, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03201405 |
1 cfs | 4.82 ft | · | 74°F | 630 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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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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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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