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Tug Fork in West Virginia

River62.1 mi

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Around Tug Fork

East Fork · 19.8 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Tug Fork is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tug Fork at Williamson, WV (site 03213700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1968 to 2026

Tug Fork typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,490 cfs, and lowest in October, at 189 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 74,000 cfs, in 1977.

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Typical flow by month at Tug Fork at Williamson, WV, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1,010521 to 1,810
February1,380848 to 2,370
March1,4901,090 to 2,470
April1,375899 to 2,170
May1,050726 to 1,730
June559382 to 882
July422288 to 642
August311213 to 522
September208141 to 348
October189128 to 335
November296153 to 644
December683343 to 1,290

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 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tug Fork at Williamson, WV (site 03213700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

5 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Tug Fork, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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