New River level at Fayetteville
West Virginia · Paddling & whitewater
Measured at USGS 03185400 — NEW RIVER AT THURMOND, WV · NWS forecast point THMW2
Reading taken · as of 18 min ago
On the low side — bony, but runnable in a plastic boat
At 2,020 CFS, this gauge is running 84% of normal for mid-September — below the 2,410 CFS median USGS has recorded for this date across 45 years of record (1981–2026).
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Flood stages at Fayetteville
National Weather Service categories for gauge THMW2, WFO RLX. Impact wording is the NWS's own, verbatim.
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Major flood 22.0 ft
- 30.0 ft Dunglen parking area floods.
- 32.0 ft Low sections of WV Route 25 above the Dunglen camping area flood.
- 34.0 ft Row of homes on WV Route 25 approximately half a mile below the Stone Cliff bridge begin to flood.
- 37.0 ft Parking lot in town between the railroad tracks and the river floods.
- 38.0 ft Railroad tracks in town begin to flood.
- 39.0 ft Historic vacant business district in town floods.
- 42.0 ft Historic train station, museum, and post office flood. Access to the town is cutoff.
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Moderate flood 20.0 ft · 95,622 CFS
- 20.0 ft Stone Cliff camping area floods.
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Minor flood 19.0 ft · 83,672 CFS
- 19.0 ft A few homes on WV Route 25 above the Dunglen camping area begin to flood.
- 19.5 ft Flooding of low areas begins along the river with backwater flooding occurring on Dunloup Creek and Arbuckle Creek.
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Action 16.0 ft
- 16.0 ft Dunglen group camping area and boat ramp floods.
- Right now 2.94 ft
Flow history at Fayetteville
Daily values from USGS 03185400, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for THMW2 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Fayetteville
12 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 20.35 ft | 100,000 CFS | Jan 20, 1996 |
| 20.27 ft | 99,240 CFS | Feb 1, 2013 |
| 20.10 ft | 97,200 CFS | Jan 26, 2010 |
| 20.05 ft | 96,600 CFS | Feb 23, 2003 |
| 19.68 ft | 92,064 CFS | Feb 25, 2019 |
| 19.58 ft | 90,851 CFS | Jun 24, 2016 |
| 19.06 ft | 84,363 CFS | Feb 16, 2025 |
| 19.05 ft | 84,600 CFS | Nov 20, 2003 |
| 18.95 ft | 83,400 CFS | Nov 6, 1985 |
| 18.64 ft | 80,000 CFS | Feb 15, 1984 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About New River at Fayetteville
In West Virginia — the reading paddlers, anglers and outfitters here check before committing to a shuttle. New River Gorge; NPS closes put-ins at 12 ft.
New River at Fayetteville — common questions
3 questions
How fast can New River at Fayetteville come up?
Fast. It is free-flowing, so rain upstream moves it directly. Several feet in a few hours is normal after a heavy storm.
Is New River at Fayetteville high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for mid-September here is 2,410 CFS, from 45 years of record (1981–2026). Today is 84% of it. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 03185400 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for THMW2 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.