Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Meadow River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Meadow River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Meadow River is a tributary of the Gauley River, making its headwaters in Greenbrier County and terminating in Nicholas County of West Virginia. It is named for the grassy meadows wetlands which its upper watershed drains, and from which it springs.