About this river
Pocatalico River is a 43.6 mile river near Yak House Rentals in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pocatalico River at Sissonville, WV (site 03201000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1908 to 2026
Pocatalico River typically runs highest in March, at a median 312 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,200 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 236 | 113 to 506 | |
| February | 307 | 144 to 656 | |
| March | 312 | 162 to 651 | |
| April | 203 | 95 to 494 | |
| May | 112 | 46 to 261 | |
| June | 36 | 12 to 109 | |
| July | 23 | 6.5 to 89 | |
| August | 16 | 4.2 to 56 | |
| September | 7.8 | 1.1 to 29 | |
| October | 8.5 | 1.4 to 33 | |
| November | 36 | 12 to 108 | |
| December | 124 | 41 to 311 |
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 65 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pocatalico River at Sissonville, WV (site 03201000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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