West Fork Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale, WV

Calhoun County, West Virginia · USGS 03154000

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on West Fork Little Kanawha River at its USGS monitoring location in Calhoun 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

Above historical median · Falling

Flow vs typicalVery high

Streamflow is currently 396 ft³/s, 45.5× the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 324 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 9 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage thresholds are not available for this gauge.
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations

Look at the data (29 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM18.6 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM16.9 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM16.1 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM16.3 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM22.1 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM16.9 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM14.9 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM14.2 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM18.2 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM25.6 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM25.6 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM18.9 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM15.4 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM197 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM370 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM238 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM687 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM990 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM262 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM96.1 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM66.2 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM363 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM264 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM5,120 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM2,410 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM1,020 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM1,290 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM8,330 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM1,300 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Calhoun County
Drainage area: 205 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
West Fork Little Kanawha River at Rocksdale, WVUSGS 03154000
STREAMFLOW396 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT7.03 ft