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Stony River - 1. Vepco Dam to Route 50


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Stony River,

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

Class III+
7.6 Miles

"Mr. Stony"


"Mr. Stony"
Photo of Bill Blauvelt

Gauge Information

Name Range Updated Level
STONY RIVER NEAR MOUNT STORM,WV 250 - 1000 cfs 01h29m 29 cfs (rc= -0.3 )


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


StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2004-10-22 20:37:06

Editors

Stream Team Editor
Richard Grape
DAUPHIN, PA


"Mr. Stony"

Detail Trip Report Edit  "Mr. Stony"  Upper Stony Creek, wv(38.43KB .jpeg)

GBCC STONY TEAM

Detail Trip Report Edit  GBCC STONY TEAM  STONY RIVER, AL(665.93KB .jpeg)

STONE COLD

Detail Trip Report Edit  STONE COLD  STONY RIVER, AL(304.92KB .jpeg)

Steve at the Put in

Detail Trip Report Edit  Steve at the Put in  STONY RIVER, AL(325.35KB .jpeg)

Bill on the Snow Stony

Detail Trip Report Edit  Bill on the Snow Stony  STONY RIVER, AL(218.41KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

The Gauge is just below the put-in. Some small feeder streams further down can add in some much needed CFS if the creek is on the low side. This section of the Stony relies on the release from Vepco Dam at Mount Storm.

Gauge Information

Name Range Updated Level
STONY RIVER NEAR MOUNT STORM,WV
usgs-01595200 250 - 1000 cfs 01h29m 29 cfs (rc= -0.3 )

RangeWater LevelComment
0.0000-250.0000 extremely Low-barely Low
250.0000-1000.0000 barely runnable-high runnable

Report - Reports of Stony River 1. Vepco Dam to Route 50 and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
STONY RIVER [AL] GBCC STONY TEAM n/a richard grape
Stony River (Upper) [WV] Playboat Creekin' on the Stony 330 cfs Jeff Lankford
Upper Stony Creek [wv] "Mr. Stony" n/a Richard Grape

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Wildwater West Virginia, 4th ed.
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A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to West Virginia, 5th ed.
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User Comments
2009-06-19 04:14:15 (144 days ago)
Tried to run Upper Stony on June 6, 2009. There were blue No Trespassing signs all over the place
where we used to park by the dam and carry down to the put-in. It would be hard to argue that you
did not see them if they caught you on that section of the river. Looks like these signs were
posted within the last couple of years or so. Access wasn't a problem just a few years ago. As of
right now, I would forget about running the Upper Stony. We ran Lower Stony to the Laurel Run
take-out on the North Branch that day and had a blast. Keith Merkel. Edit
2009-06-05 11:03:55 (158 days ago)
They will never catch us, Ha ha ha. Edit
2008-05-11 09:20:50 (548 days ago)
Coming back from running near by Abrams creek, I was stopped by police in Mt. Storm. They were
looking for boaters that had put on at Mt. storm power plant(upper stony) A plant worker had called
the police to report trespassing, and the police had attempted to apprehend them. I later talked to
the group that had paddled the Stony that day, and they had been unaware of the potential dragnet.
Might be an access issue for AW to explore mikebeswick@alldredgewildernessjourney.com Edit
2007-03-21 09:58:48 (965 days ago)
Daniel SmithDetails
Great run on them cold winter days. The 50 degree water is wonderful when you have an air temp
below 20. The run is fairly easy with a few rapids with pinning potential. The only other concern
would be wood. Everything is boat scoutable. A must do if your looking to get into creeking.
2007-03-21 09:57:18 (965 days ago)
Daniel SmithDetails
Great run on them cold winter days. The 50 degree water is wonderful when you have an air temp
below 20. The run is fairly easy with a few rapids with pinning potential. The only other concern
would be wood. Everything is boat scoutable. A must do if your looking to get into creeking.
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