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Wai Mauna SUP Tours and Paddleboard Rentals - Brevard

West Fork Pigeon River near Wai Mauna SUP Tours and Paddleboard Rentals - Brevard

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About this river

West Fork Pigeon River is a 6.7 mile river near Wai Mauna SUP Tours and Paddleboard Rentals - Brevard in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge W F Pigeon R above Lake Logan near Hazelwood, NC (site 03455500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1954 to 2026

West Fork Pigeon River typically runs highest in March, at a median 114 cfs, and lowest in September, at 34 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,500 cfs, in 1966.

Typical flow by month at W F Pigeon R above Lake Logan near Hazelwood, NC, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January9767 to 147
February10375 to 161
March11485 to 163
April10375 to 148
May8162 to 116
June5941 to 87
July4332 to 61
August3826 to 59
September3422 to 58
October4224 to 75
November5234 to 95
December8052 to 131

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 72 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for W F Pigeon R above Lake Logan near Hazelwood, NC (site 03455500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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