Big Sandy Creek in West Virginia
Around here
Around Big Sandy Creek
- Fort Necessity National BattlefieldRecreation area7.6 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Youghiogheny River LakeRecreation area15.5 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Friendship Hill National Historic SiteRecreation area15.9 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Monongahela River - Opekiska PoolRecreation area24.1 mi (opens in a new tab)
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Big Sandy Creek is a 26.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, WV (site 03070500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1909 to 2026
Big Sandy Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 532 cfs, and lowest in September, at 33 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 15,700 cfs, in 1911.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 393 | 201 to 710 |
| February | 441 | 255 to 811 |
| March | 532 | 333 to 896 |
| April | 450 | 284 to 755 |
| May | 336 | 180 to 606 |
| June | 133 | 59 to 312 |
| July | 64 | 31 to 174 |
| August | 50 | 20 to 128 |
| September | 33 | 13 to 94 |
| October | 41 | 18 to 139 |
| November | 177 | 82 to 360 |
| December | 357 | 203 to 675 |
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 114 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, WV (site 03070500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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