TidalMapBuck Creek near Shopville, KY Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03407500 sits on Buck Creek and reads everything draining 165 square miles of the Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland basin. Its datum sits 831 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1953, 45 years of it.
Normal flows here
Buck Creek runs a median of 77 cfs at this gauge across 45 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 318 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,200 cfs in 1962, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1988.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 246 cfs | 319% |
| Feb | 318 cfs | 413% |
| Mar | 279 cfs | 362% |
| Apr | 190 cfs | 247% |
| May | 102 cfs | 132% |
| Jun | 44 cfs | 57% |
| Jul | 29 cfs | 38% |
| Aug | 17 cfs | 22% |
| Sep | 5.9 cfs | 8% |
| Oct | 15 cfs | 19% |
| Nov | 48 cfs | 62% |
| Dec | 172 cfs | 223% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1953 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03407500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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