About this river
Mountain Creek is a 3.0 mile stream near Bluestone Lake Marina in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bluestone River near Pipestem, WV (site 03179000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1950 to 2026
Mountain Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 687 cfs, and lowest in September, at 52 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 16,500 cfs, in 2010.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 391 | 210 to 743 | |
| February | 558 | 307 to 1,060 | |
| March | 687 | 432 to 1,140 | |
| April | 540 | 351 to 930 | |
| May | 419 | 248 to 760 | |
| June | 158 | 103 to 304 | |
| July | 107 | 64 to 187 | |
| August | 81 | 47 to 150 | |
| September | 52 | 32 to 96 | |
| October | 52 | 35 to 129 | |
| November | 95 | 51 to 253 | |
| December | 276 | 117 to 572 |
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 76 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bluestone River near Pipestem, WV (site 03179000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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