About this river
Cranberry River is an 11.2 mile stream near Cranberry Adventures in West Virginia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cranberry River near Richwood, WV (site 03187500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1945 to 2026
Cranberry River typically runs highest in March, at a median 283 cfs, and lowest in September, at 27 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,770 cfs, in 1984.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 198 | 115 to 365 | |
| February | 206 | 119 to 377 | |
| March | 283 | 182 to 465 | |
| April | 241 | 142 to 398 | |
| May | 175 | 101 to 338 | |
| June | 83 | 35 to 174 | |
| July | 56 | 23 to 125 | |
| August | 42 | 15 to 104 | |
| September | 27 | 9.2 to 81 | |
| October | 48 | 20 to 134 | |
| November | 143 | 76 to 262 | |
| December | 193 | 115 to 333 |
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 68 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cranberry River near Richwood, WV (site 03187500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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