About this river
Right Fork Little Kanawha River is a 4.8 mile stream near Burnsville Docks in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Kanawha River near Wildcat, WV (site 03151400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2026
Right Fork Little Kanawha River typically runs highest in March, at a median 273 cfs, and lowest in September, at 14 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,070 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 213 | 124 to 394 | |
| February | 248 | 148 to 436 | |
| March | 273 | 165 to 459 | |
| April | 206 | 123 to 400 | |
| May | 143 | 70 to 306 | |
| June | 52 | 19 to 127 | |
| July | 42 | 15 to 106 | |
| August | 20 | 7.2 to 62 | |
| September | 14 | 4.5 to 40 | |
| October | 22 | 7.3 to 82 | |
| November | 93 | 44 to 210 | |
| December | 193 | 107 to 380 |
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 50 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Kanawha River near Wildcat, WV (site 03151400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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