Stony River, West Virginia, US

1. Vepco Dam to Route 50 (Upper Stony River)

Usual Difficulty	III+ (for normal flows)
Length	7.6 Miles

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
STONY RIVER NEAR MOUNT STORM,WV
usgs-01595200	250 - 1000 cfs	III+	1y116d22h06m	5 cfs (rc= -1.0 )

River Description

The river starts out very gently meandering down the narrow, technical, rocky gorge.

Warm water releases from the Power Plant make for some great winter boating! We ran this river after two months of solid sub freezing temperatures in WV, and the water is about 45 degrees because it was used as a coolant for the power plant just upstream. We did not see a spec of ice on the river all day. Before we put on, we looked at the nearest river (Abrams Creek) and it was frozen.

OTHER NEARBY RIVERS:
Abram Creek, WV
Difficult Creek, WV