Middle Wheeling Creek is a freestone river in West Virginia, listed as Delayed Harvest by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.
The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled.
Middle Wheeling Creek is a freestone river in West Virginia. West Virginia has 2 waters named Middle Wheeling Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Ohio County, the one the agency list names.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Middle Wheeling Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Middle Wheeling Creek with 1 USGS gauge.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Middle Wheeling Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of the restroom near Middle Wheeling Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Middle Wheeling Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
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Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Blackwater RiverThe Elk River at the Clendenin access, West Virginia (downstream of the trout water near Webster Springs). Photo: Jcyoung1981 2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Blackwater River.
West Virginia · about 86 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not North Branch Potomac RiverThe Savage River from the Allegany Bridge, Savage River State Forest. Photo: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Potomac River.
Maryland · about 86 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Red RunThe Jackson River in the Hidden Valley, Bath County, Virginia. Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Red Run.
West Virginia · about 87 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not North Branch Potomac RiverBig Gunpowder Falls from the Torrey C. Brown rail trail, Maryland. Photo: Henrysz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Potomac River.
West Virginia · about 88 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Otter CreekThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Otter Creek.
West Virginia · about 88 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Red CreekTyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Red Creek.
West Virginia · about 97 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Delayed Harvest Streams list (West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Whole Middle Wheeling Creek, not only this reach.
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Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Middle Wheeling Creek”, halfway along its length in West Virginia, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Limited data: Normal flow for the date: no water temperature here
No water temperature here.
At WHEELING CREEK AT ELM GROVE, WV (USGS 03112000). No gauge on Middle Wheeling Creek. Nearest: WHEELING CREEK AT ELM GROVE, WV (4.8 mi away), on the river it flows into. Middle Wheeling Creek's own flow is not measured. Provisional USGS data
USGS 03112000 · NWS WHEW2
No gauge on Middle Wheeling Creek. Nearest: WHEELING CREEK AT ELM GROVE, WV (4.8 mi away), on the river it flows into. Middle Wheeling Creek's own flow is not measured.
What the agencies suggest
Carry a pocket thermometer to monitor water temperatureNational Park Service
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 6:00 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Normal for Nov 5 Steady · 24 h Below NWS action stage
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 7:00 PM EDT to Nov 5, 6:00 PM EST; ranging 58.7 to 79.3 ft³/s; latest 68.6 ft³/s.
USGS provisional data may be revised. Source: USGS instantaneous values.
| Time | Discharge (ft³/s) | Gauge height (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 6:00 PM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 5:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 5, 3:00 PM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 1:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 5, 12:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 5, 11:00 AM EST | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Nov 5, 10:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 9:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 8:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 7:00 AM EST | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Nov 5, 6:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 5:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 4:00 AM EST | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Nov 5, 3:00 AM EST | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Nov 5, 2:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 1:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 5, 12:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 11:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 10:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 9:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 8:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 7:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 6:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 4, 5:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 4, 4:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 3:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 2:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 1:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 12:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 11:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 10:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 9:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 8:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 7:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 6:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 5:00 AM EST | 58.7 | 2.26 |
| Nov 4, 4:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 3:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 2:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 1:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 12:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 11:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 10:00 PM EST | 58.7 | 2.26 |
| Nov 3, 9:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 8:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 7:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 6:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 5:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 3:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 2:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 1:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 12:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 11:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 10:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 9:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 8:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 7:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 6:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 5:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 4:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 3:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 3, 2:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 1:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 3, 12:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 11:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 10:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 9:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 8:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 7:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 6:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 5:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 4:00 PM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 3:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 2:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 2, 1:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 12:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 11:00 AM EST | 61.1 | 2.27 |
| Nov 2, 10:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 2, 9:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 2, 8:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 6:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 5:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 2, 4:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 2, 3:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 2:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 2, 1:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 2, 12:00 AM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 1, 11:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 10:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 1, 9:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 8:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 1, 7:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 6:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 1, 5:00 PM EST | 63.5 | 2.28 |
| Nov 1, 4:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 3:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 2:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 1:00 PM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 12:00 PM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 11:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 10:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 9:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 8:00 AM EST | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Nov 1, 7:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 6:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 5:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 4:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 3:00 AM EST | 66 | 2.29 |
| Nov 1, 2:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 1:00 AM EST | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 1:00 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Nov 1, 12:00 AM EDT | 66 | 2.29 |
| Oct 31, 11:00 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 10:00 PM EDT | 66 | 2.29 |
| Oct 31, 9:00 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 8:00 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 7:00 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 6:00 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 5:00 PM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 4:00 PM EDT | 66 | 2.29 |
| Oct 31, 3:00 PM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 2:00 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 1:00 PM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 12:00 PM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 11:00 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 10:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 9:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 31, 8:00 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2.3 |
| Oct 31, 7:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 6:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 5:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 31, 4:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 3:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 31, 2:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 1:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 31, 12:00 AM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 30, 11:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 10:00 PM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 30, 9:00 PM EDT | 71.2 | 2.31 |
| Oct 30, 8:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 7:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 6:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 5:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 4:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 3:00 PM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 2:00 PM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 1:00 PM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 12:00 PM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 11:00 AM EDT | 79.3 | 2.34 |
| Oct 30, 10:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 9:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 8:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 7:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 6:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 5:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 4:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 3:00 AM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 30, 2:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 1:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 30, 12:00 AM EDT | 76.5 | 2.33 |
| Oct 29, 11:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 29, 10:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 29, 9:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 29, 8:00 PM EDT | 73.8 | 2.32 |
| Oct 29, 7:00 PM EDT | 79.3 | 2.34 |
Normal for Nov 5: 29–128 ft³/s (middle half of 86 years of record). Now: 68.6 ft³/s, normal.
Normal for this date. 68.6 ft³/s is between the 25th and 75th percentiles of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 86 years of record (1941–2026): 10th 12, 25th 29, median 59, 75th 128, 90th 297 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 1.5 ft³/s, highest 4,100 ft³/s.
Classes as USGS labels them (hyswap: flow categories (WDFN_stats schema) (U.S. Geological Survey) ); percentiles from the USGS daily statistics (U.S. Geological Survey) (approved daily means; the reading is provisional and instantaneous).
Steady over 24 hours (+3.9% discharge). Rising or falling means a change of more than 10% in discharge (or 0.2 ft of gauge height) over 24 hours; our rule of thumb, not a USGS class.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
NWS observed 2.29 ft stage, 65 ft³/s at Nov 5, 5:30 PM EST (NWS gauge WHEW2; its stage datum can differ from the USGS gauge height).
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Open the NWS gauge page · What the categories mean (National Weather Service)
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer. West Virginia DNR publishes no water-temperature line for trout anglers that we found. The lines below are the National Park Service's, federal guidance, not a West Virginia rule: 68°F.
This gauge is on our page for Middle Wheeling Creek, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
Flood categories: action stage, minor, moderate and major flooding (National Weather Service)Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Checked Nov 5, 6:20 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Blackwater RiverThe Elk River at the Clendenin access, West Virginia (downstream of the trout water near Webster Springs). Photo: Jcyoung1981 2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Blackwater River.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not North Branch Potomac RiverThe Savage River from the Allegany Bridge, Savage River State Forest. Photo: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Potomac River.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Red RunThe Jackson River in the Hidden Valley, Bath County, Virginia. Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Red Run.
West Virginia · about 87 mi
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not North Branch Potomac RiverBig Gunpowder Falls from the Torrey C. Brown rail trail, Maryland. Photo: Henrysz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Potomac River.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Otter CreekThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Otter Creek.
West Virginia · about 88 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Red CreekTyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Red Creek.
West Virginia · about 97 mi
