About this river
Leading Creek is a 5.7 mile stream near Blackwater Outdoor Adventures in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tygart Valley River near Elkins, WV (site 03050500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1945 to 2004
Leading Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 665 cfs, and lowest in September, at 44 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 16,000 cfs, in 1986.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 424 | 218 to 854 | |
| February | 530 | 297 to 1,010 | |
| March | 665 | 402 to 1,170 | |
| April | 542 | 309 to 973 | |
| May | 371 | 185 to 692 | |
| June | 156 | 77 to 355 | |
| July | 108 | 47 to 223 | |
| August | 73 | 29 to 188 | |
| September | 44 | 15 to 118 | |
| October | 58 | 19 to 167 | |
| November | 189 | 88 to 423 | |
| December | 386 | 186 to 750 |
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 60 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tygart Valley River near Elkins, WV (site 03050500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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