About this river
Sand Fork is a 9.6 mile river near Burnsville Docks in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sand Fork near Glenville, WV (site 03151915). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2020 to 2026
Sand Fork typically runs highest in February, at a median 116 cfs, and lowest in October, at 3.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,550 cfs, in 2022.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 | 47 to 166 | |
| February | 116 | 52 to 243 | |
| March | 90 | 53 to 170 | |
| April | 68 | 43 to 170 | |
| May | 53 | 24 to 131 | |
| June | 16 | 4.8 to 46 | |
| July | 6.9 | 2.1 to 27 | |
| August | 6.8 | 1.7 to 52 | |
| September | 4.8 | 0.5 to 14 | |
| October | 3.1 | 1.8 to 11 | |
| November | 20 | 8.4 to 59 | |
| December | 50 | 21 to 134 |
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 6 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sand Fork near Glenville, WV (site 03151915). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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