Beech Fork at Maud, 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 03300400 sits on the Beech Fork and reads everything draining 436 square miles of the Rolling Fork basin. Its datum sits 530 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1973, 54 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Beech Fork at Bardstown, KY at 669 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 65% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Rolling Fork near Boston, KY.

Normal flows here

The Beech Fork runs a median of 176 cfs at this gauge across 54 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 486 cfs, and September the leanest at 11 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 39,800 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1973 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 27.6 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MUDK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.