Beargrass Creek at River Road at Louisville, KY Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 03293510 sits on Beargrass Creek and reads everything draining 60 square miles of the Salt basin. Its datum sits 412 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is M Fork Beargrass Creek at Lexington Rd at Louisville,ky, reading 25 square miles. This gauge adds the 35 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ohio River at Louisville, KY at 91,170 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ohio River below Riverview Pk near Louisville, KY.

Normal flows here

Beargrass Creek runs a median of 36 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 60 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,140 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is -193.0 cfs in 2021.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 32 feet, in April 2025.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLWK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.