About this river
Dry Fork is a 22.7 mile river near Blackwater Outdoor Adventures in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Dry Fork at Hendricks, WV (site 03065000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1941 to 2026
Dry Fork typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,020 cfs, and lowest in September, at 92 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 34,000 cfs, in 1986.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 662 | 346 to 1,190 | |
| February | 747 | 436 to 1,380 | |
| March | 1,020 | 637 to 1,770 | |
| April | 917 | 542 to 1,495 | |
| May | 633 | 353 to 1,130 | |
| June | 311 | 159 to 618 | |
| July | 197 | 95 to 410 | |
| August | 144 | 68 to 327 | |
| September | 92 | 41 to 230 | |
| October | 150 | 64 to 352 | |
| November | 381 | 233 to 729 | |
| December | 633 | 360 to 1,140 |
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 84 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Dry Fork at Hendricks, WV (site 03065000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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