Caney Creek near Horse Branch, 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 03318800 sits on Caney Creek and reads everything draining 124 square miles of the Rough basin. Its datum sits 416 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1957, 52 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 Rough River near Dundee, KY at 757 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 16% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Caney Creek runs a median of 40 cfs at this gauge across 52 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 178 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,500 cfs in 1984, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1964.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1957 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 14.4 feet, in November 1957.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HSBK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.