About this river
Indian Creek is a 10.7 mile river near New River Gorge Outfitters in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Indian Creek at Red Sulphur Springs, WV (site 03177480). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2012 to 2020
Indian Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 174 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,440 cfs, in 2018.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 116 | 48 to 262 | |
| February | 174 | 112 to 509 | |
| March | 161 | 94 to 379 | |
| April | 166 | 103 to 304 | |
| May | 132 | 87 to 297 | |
| June | 39 | 25 to 97 | |
| July | 20 | 13 to 34 | |
| August | 17 | 11 to 44 | |
| September | 12 | 7.0 to 37 | |
| October | 18 | 13 to 77 | |
| November | 28 | 13 to 124 | |
| December | 81 | 20 to 311 |
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 5 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Indian Creek at Red Sulphur Springs, WV (site 03177480). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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