About this river
McClure River is a 7.3 mile river near Elkhorn City in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Russell Fork at Haysi, VA (site 03208500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1926 to 2025
McClure River typically runs highest in March, at a median 436 cfs, and lowest in October, at 31 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 30,600 cfs, in 1977.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 258 | 139 to 505 | |
| February | 366 | 214 to 685 | |
| March | 436 | 271 to 758 | |
| April | 357 | 219 to 647 | |
| May | 224 | 134 to 452 | |
| June | 101 | 52 to 203 | |
| July | 77 | 37 to 164 | |
| August | 59 | 28 to 132 | |
| September | 32 | 16 to 64 | |
| October | 31 | 15 to 72 | |
| November | 60 | 29 to 132 | |
| December | 164 | 63 to 366 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 98 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Russell Fork at Haysi, VA (site 03208500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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