About this river
Shavers Fork is a 35.1 mile river near Blackwater Outdoor Adventures in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Shavers Fork below Bowden, WV (site 03068800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1973 to 2026
Shavers Fork typically runs highest in March, at a median 514 cfs, and lowest in September, at 79 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,000 cfs, in 2010.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 319 | 183 to 584 | |
| February | 360 | 207 to 640 | |
| March | 514 | 318 to 869 | |
| April | 468 | 302 to 728 | |
| May | 369 | 218 to 650 | |
| June | 214 | 110 to 410 | |
| July | 157 | 88 to 304 | |
| August | 107 | 56 to 204 | |
| September | 79 | 32 to 182 | |
| October | 134 | 56 to 306 | |
| November | 240 | 149 to 471 | |
| December | 339 | 213 to 590 |
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 37 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Shavers Fork below Bowden, WV (site 03068800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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