About this river
Cheat River is a 25.1 mile river near Blackwater Outdoor Adventures in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cheat River near Parsons, WV (site 03069500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1913 to 2026
Cheat River typically runs highest in March, at a median 2,220 cfs, and lowest in September, at 238 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 70,000 cfs, in 1986.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,400 | 747 to 2,750 | |
| February | 1,650 | 871 to 3,070 | |
| March | 2,220 | 1,410 to 3,770 | |
| April | 2,040 | 1,245 to 3,205 | |
| May | 1,350 | 772 to 2,510 | |
| June | 770 | 389 to 1,515 | |
| July | 483 | 260 to 986 | |
| August | 385 | 201 to 840 | |
| September | 238 | 116 to 564 | |
| October | 343 | 163 to 872 | |
| November | 816 | 479 to 1,600 | |
| December | 1,390 | 789 to 2,590 |
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 113 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cheat River near Parsons, WV (site 03069500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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