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Tug Fork at Litwar, WV

McDowell County, West Virginia · USGS 03213000

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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.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

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.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

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.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

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.

RIVER PULSE

Current conditions · Falling

Streamflow is currently 190 ft³/s. Flow has fallen 57 CFS over the past 24 hours.

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 3.5 ft · 16.5 ft below action stage · Flood stage 24 ft
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations

Look at the data (30 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM197 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM173 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM167 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM163 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM158 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM154 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM154 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM151 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM150 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM154 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM148 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM140 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM140 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM139 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM140 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM150 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM241 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM166 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM142 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM137 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM132 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM131 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM136 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM128 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM141 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM399 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM214 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM388 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM329 CFS
Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM216 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: McDowell County
Drainage area: 503 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Tug Fork at Litwar, WVUSGS 03213000
STREAMFLOW190 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT3.49 ft