Cranberry River (West Virginia)

The Cranberry River is a tributary of the Gauley River located in southeastern West Virginia in the United States. It is a part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of the Gauley, Kanawha, and Ohio Rivers, draining an area of 74 square miles (192 km2).

Cranberry River
High water near Big Rock Campground in Monongahela National Forest
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesPocahontas, Webster, Nicholas
Physical characteristics
SourceSouth Fork Cranberry River
  locationCranberry Mountain, Pocahontas County
  coordinates38°12′48″N 80°13′14″W
  elevation3,890 ft (1,190 m)
2nd sourceNorth Fork Cranberry River
  locationBlack Mountain, Pocahontas County
  coordinates38°14′03″N 80°14′32″W
  elevation4,364 ft (1,330 m)
Source confluence 
  locationPocahontas County
  coordinates38°15′28″N 80°19′27″W
  elevation3,176 ft (968 m)
MouthGauley River
  location
Woodbine
  coordinates
38°17′58″N 80°36′49″W
  elevation
1,919 ft (585 m)
Length24 mi (39 km)
Basin size74 sq mi (190 km2)
Discharge 
  locationnear Richwood
  average233.6 cu ft/s (6.61 m3/s) (USGS water years 1945-2019)
  minimum126.2 cu ft/s (3.57 m3/s) (water year 1999)
  maximum318 cu ft/s (9.0 m3/s) (water year 1979)
Discharge 
  locationmouth
  average277.08 cu ft/s (7.846 m3/s) (estimate)

The river has also been known historically as Cranberry Creek. The river was named for cranberry bogs along its course.

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