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Sunset Beach Marina

Dunkard Creek near Sunset Beach Marina

River23.3 mi
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About this river

Dunkard Creek is a 23.3 mile river near Sunset Beach Marina in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Dunkard Creek at Shannopin, PA (site 03072000). 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

Dunkard Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 377 cfs, and lowest in September, at 16 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,200 cfs, in 1963.

Typical flow by month at Dunkard Creek at Shannopin, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January216100 to 457
February287158 to 599
March377223 to 706
April274159 to 543
May17990 to 357
June6629 to 135
July3515 to 85
August2511 to 58
September167.3 to 41
October208.3 to 49
November5625 to 148
December17976 to 374

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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Dunkard Creek at Shannopin, PA (site 03072000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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