Water report · Elk River (WV)
Elk River (WV) conditions
Running high for mid August, and dropping fast since yesterday. Above 84% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:45 PM UTC, Aug 13
Elk River (WV) flow history
What this means
529 cfs puts Elk River (WV) in the 84th percentile for August 13, against 65 years of record.
The median for this date is 132 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 67.0 and 290.
Over the last 7 days, Elk River (WV) ran between 140 and 814 cfs, lowest on Aug 10 and highest on Aug 12.
That is 480 cfs higher than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Elk River (WV) ran between 90.4 and 814 cfs, lowest on Jul 18 and highest on Aug 12.
That is 635 cfs higher than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Elk River (WV) ran between 90.4 and 2,860 cfs, lowest on Jul 18 and highest on May 28.
That is 478 cfs higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Elk River (WV) ran between 12.6 and 5,850 cfs, lowest on Sep 20 and highest on Feb 20.
That is 745 cfs higher than on Aug 12.
Water temperature, past 30 days
70 to 86 °F over the window.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 03194700, ELK RIVER BELOW WEBSTER SPRINGS, WV, 5.9 miles from the centre of Elk River (WV). Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 03194700, ELK RIVER BELOW WEBSTER SPRINGS, WV, 5.9 miles from the centre of Elk River (WV). It reports water temperature, discharge and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
Elk River (WV) fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Elk River (WV) record book