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Three Fork Creek near Blackwater Outdoor Adventures

River5.4 mi
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About this river

Three Fork Creek is a 5.4 mile river near Blackwater Outdoor Adventures in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Three Fork Creek near Grafton, WV (site 03056250). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1985 to 2026

Three Fork Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 208 cfs, and lowest in September, at 14 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,200 cfs, in 1986.

Typical flow by month at Three Fork Creek near Grafton, WV, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January16396 to 324
February205126 to 401
March208127 to 369
April172103 to 319
May11958 to 255
June4721 to 119
July2813 to 81
August219.7 to 51
September145.8 to 36
October199.5 to 55
November7431 to 184
December16979 to 290

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 42 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Three Fork Creek near Grafton, WV (site 03056250). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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