Wheeling Creek

Stocked stream · Marshall County · Wheeling

Last stocked: 4 months ago (Wed, May 13, 2026)

Wheeling Creek is a WV DNR trout-stocked stream in Marshall County, West Virginia, near Wheeling. WVDNR's 2026 stocking schedule: two stockings each month, February through April; one stocking each week for two weeks beginning the third Monday of October.

Recent trout stockings

Wed, May 13, 20264 months ago
Thu, Apr 30, 20265 months ago
Tue, Apr 14, 20265 months ago

Showing the three most recent stockings. Free data is delayed 24 hours.

Stream conditions

USGS gauge · Sep 17, 6:00 PM EDT

Wheeling Creek at Elm Grove (USGS 03112000) · 6.8 mi from this water

Gauge is at Elm Grove, about 7 miles downstream of the stocked section.

Flow: 178 cfs; Falling 14% vs. 24 h ago; Much above normal for Sep 17 · about 9× the median daily flow (20 cfs)
Gage height: 2.63 ft

This gauge has no water-temperature sensor.

7-day range 127 cfs – 869 cfs (the shaded days)

median daily flow for the date (USGS normals)

today so far (178 cfs) · the latest reading, not yet a daily mean

Daily mean flow with each day’s low–high band, through Wed, Sep 16, 2026; today’s reading is not yet a daily mean

7 days30 days

Show the daily values

Daily mean, low and high flow at the gauge, cubic feet per second, with the median daily flow for each date from USGS normals
Day	Mean	Low	High	Median
Aug 19	370 cfs	370 cfs	370 cfs	30 cfs
Aug 20	1,930 cfs	1,930 cfs	1,930 cfs	31 cfs
Aug 21	1,760 cfs	1,760 cfs	1,760 cfs	30 cfs
Aug 22	804 cfs	804 cfs	804 cfs	29 cfs
Aug 23	835 cfs	835 cfs	835 cfs	29 cfs
Aug 24	601 cfs	601 cfs	601 cfs	28 cfs
Aug 25	437 cfs	437 cfs	437 cfs	28 cfs
Aug 26	317 cfs	317 cfs	317 cfs	27 cfs
Aug 27	257 cfs	257 cfs	257 cfs	27 cfs
Aug 28	220 cfs	220 cfs	220 cfs	25 cfs
Aug 29	177 cfs	177 cfs	177 cfs	25 cfs
Aug 30	149 cfs	149 cfs	149 cfs	25 cfs
Aug 31	133 cfs	133 cfs	133 cfs	26 cfs
Sep 1	120 cfs	120 cfs	120 cfs	25 cfs
Sep 2	110 cfs	110 cfs	110 cfs	25 cfs
Sep 3	142 cfs	142 cfs	142 cfs	24 cfs
Sep 4	355 cfs	355 cfs	355 cfs	23 cfs
Sep 5	275 cfs	275 cfs	275 cfs	23 cfs
Sep 6	190 cfs	190 cfs	190 cfs	21 cfs
Sep 7	140 cfs	140 cfs	140 cfs	20 cfs
Sep 8	114 cfs	114 cfs	114 cfs	18 cfs
Sep 9	105 cfs	105 cfs	105 cfs	18 cfs
Sep 10	140 cfs	140 cfs	140 cfs	18 cfs
Sep 11	127 cfs	127 cfs	127 cfs	18 cfs
Sep 12	159 cfs	159 cfs	159 cfs	18 cfs
Sep 13	404 cfs	404 cfs	404 cfs	18 cfs
Sep 14	869 cfs	869 cfs	869 cfs	19 cfs
Sep 15	408 cfs	408 cfs	408 cfs	19 cfs
Sep 16	240 cfs	240 cfs	240 cfs	19 cfs

Source: USGS Water Data (provisional data, subject to revision; readings refresh every 30 minutes). cfs = cubic feet per second; gage height is the water level at the gauge, not depth. The reading is at the gauge, not necessarily at the stocked section. Normals: 76 years of USGS daily record (1950–2026), approved values. Flows well above normal for the date usually run high and off-color.

All WV trout-water gauges →

Stocking schedule (WVDNR 2026)

BWTwo stockings each month, February through April
FOne stocking each week for two weeks beginning the third Monday of October

Schedule codes from the 2026 West Virginia Fishing Regulations Summary. Actual stocking dates appear above as WVDNR reports them. Every stocked water by schedule code →

Fishing regulations

No special trout regulations are listed for Wheeling Creek in the 2026 summary; statewide trout rules apply.

Statewide trout limits: 6 per day, 12 in possession, no minimum size.

About Wheeling Creek

Type: Stream
County: Marshall County, WV
Nearest town: Wheeling
Land designation: Private/Other

Stocking dates are sourced from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources daily stocking reports. Stocking-schedule codes, special regulations, and lake facilities are summarised from the 2026 West Virginia Fishing Regulations Summary and can change during the season; the West Virginia Code and current WVDNR regulations control — check wvdnr.gov/fishing-regulations before fishing. Location details are approximate.