About this river
West Fork Little Kanawha River is a 14.0 mile river near Elk River Get-A-Way in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge West Fork Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale, WV (site 03154000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
West Fork Little Kanawha River typically runs highest in March, at a median 307 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,800 cfs, in 1939.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 203 | 99 to 433 | |
| February | 280 | 147 to 590 | |
| March | 307 | 164 to 625 | |
| April | 208 | 105 to 469 | |
| May | 100 | 44 to 223 | |
| June | 29 | 13 to 94 | |
| July | 20 | 6.4 to 62 | |
| August | 18 | 5.0 to 52 | |
| September | 7.3 | 1.9 to 31 | |
| October | 10 | 3.1 to 32 | |
| November | 43 | 15 to 130 | |
| December | 120 | 48 to 320 |
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 53 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for West Fork Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale, WV (site 03154000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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