South Fork New River

South Fork New River
River
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Watauga, Alleghany, Ashe


Source	Middle Fork South Fork New River ^[1]
- location	Blowing Rock, NC
- elevation	3,543 ft (1,080 m)
- coordinates	36°07′34″N 81°40′20″W / 36.12611, -81.67222
Secondary source	East Fork South Fork New River ^[2]
- location	Watauga County, NC
- elevation	3,271 ft (997 m)
- coordinates	36°10′56″N 81°36′37″W / 36.18222, -81.61028
Source confluence
- location	Boone, NC
- elevation	3,104 ft (946 m)
- coordinates	36°12′16″N 81°38′59″W / 36.20444, -81.64972
Mouth	New River ^[3]
- location	Ashe County, NC
- elevation	2,546 ft (776 m)
- coordinates	36°32′46″N 81°21′11″W / 36.54611, -81.35306

Discharge	for Jefferson, NC
- average	552 cu ft/s (16 m³/s) ^[4]
- max	2,120 cu ft/s (60 m³/s) (1998)
- min	227 cu ft/s (6 m³/s) (1986)

Map of the Kanawha River watershed, with the New River and its watershed highlighted.

The South Fork New River is a river in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

It stretches from its headwaters at a spring near Blowing Rock and the Eastern Continental Divide and meanders northward along the nortwestern face of the Blue Ridge Mountains through the eastern and central portions of Watauga County and then Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina, passing through the town of Boone. It joins the North Fork New River in Ashe County to form the New River. Its waters ultimately reach the Gulf of Mexico through the Kanawha River, the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River. Its tributaries include Winkler's Creek, Boone (Kraut) Creek and Payne Branch.