South Fork Hughes River Below Macfarlan, WV

USGS Site No: 03155220South Fork Hughes River • Ritchie County, WV

South Fork Hughes River Below Macfarlan, WV on the South Fork Hughes River is currently at 434 cfs (High — 80th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 6.70 ft.

Reading from

434
CFS Discharge
6.70
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 10
25th Low threshold 24
50th (Median) Normal (median) 63
75th High threshold 239
95th Very High threshold 1,000 Today: 434 cfs

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

8.2k 4.1k 0 cfs Apr 6 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 4,350
May 27, 2026 2,380
May 26, 2026 1,600
May 25, 2026 2,770
May 24, 2026 469
May 23, 2026 1,160
May 22, 2026 80
May 21, 2026 31
May 20, 2026 30
May 19, 2026 36
May 18, 2026 39
May 17, 2026 42
May 16, 2026 47
May 15, 2026 47
Apr 21, 2026 75
Apr 20, 2026 80
Apr 19, 2026 70
Apr 18, 2026 63
Apr 17, 2026 66
Apr 16, 2026 72
Apr 15, 2026 80
Apr 14, 2026 89
Apr 13, 2026 100
Apr 12, 2026 114
Apr 11, 2026 138
Apr 10, 2026 165
Apr 9, 2026 205
Apr 8, 2026 269
Apr 7, 2026 419
Apr 6, 2026 866

Station Information

USGS Site No
03155220
State
WV
Coordinates
39.0790, -81.2123
Drainage Area
229 mi²
Datum (ft)
624.2
HUC Code
05030203
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
16.0 ft
Flood Stage
22.0 ft
Moderate Flood
26.0 ft
Major Flood
28.0 ft

Currently 15.30 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
5,320 cfs
Mar 4, 2026
Min discharge
3 cfs
Sep 19, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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