Tug Fork at Litwar, WV
McDowell County, West Virginia · USGS 03213000
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Tug Fork at its USGS monitoring location in McDowell County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 19 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Current conditions · Falling
Streamflow is currently 190 ft³/s. Flow has fallen 57 CFS over the past 24 hours.
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 197 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 173 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 167 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 163 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 158 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 154 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 154 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 151 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 154 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 148 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 139 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 241 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 166 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 142 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 137 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 132 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 131 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 136 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 128 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 141 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 399 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 214 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 388 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 329 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 216 CFS |
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