About this river
Muddy Creek is a 9.2 mile stream near Greenbrier Outfitters in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Greenbrier River at Alderson, WV (site 03183500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1895 to 2026
Muddy Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 2,920 cfs, and lowest in September, at 189 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 63,100 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,720 | 878 to 3,350 | |
| February | 2,070 | 1,150 to 4,100 | |
| March | 2,920 | 1,820 to 5,150 | |
| April | 2,280 | 1,390 to 3,845 | |
| May | 1,550 | 867 to 2,780 | |
| June | 681 | 384 to 1,340 | |
| July | 388 | 223 to 777 | |
| August | 280 | 159 to 609 | |
| September | 189 | 104 to 383 | |
| October | 215 | 122 to 525 | |
| November | 511 | 212 to 1,350 | |
| December | 1,330 | 550 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 131 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Greenbrier River at Alderson, WV (site 03183500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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