Little Kanawha River

River in West Virginia, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 1,516 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

7,560

cfs · 55 min ago

Normal for today

167

cfs median, 59 yrs

Water temp

°F · 1h ago

Gage height

18.95

Above normal for the date4527% of medianUSGS gauge 03155000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 254–33,500 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER AT PALESTINE, WV03155000	7,560 cfs	62°F	55 min ago
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER AT GLENVILLE, WV03152000	1,370 cfs	—	1h ago
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER AT BURNSVILLE, WV03151600	1,510 cfs	—	20 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 167 cfs over 59 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 91.0 and 420 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Little Kanawha River

Little Kanawha River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Elk River (10 mi), Jackson River (63 mi), Youghiogheny River (95 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Little Kanawha River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: absent	August: absent	September: peak	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: peak	December: peak
Quill Gordon	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Little Black Stonefly	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: active	December: peak
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: active	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sculpin	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Grannom	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Isonychia	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: peak	September: peak	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Little Kanawha River

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