Chenoweth Run at Gelhaus Lane near Fern Creek, 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 03298150 sits on Chenoweth Run and reads everything draining 12 square miles of the Salt basin. Its datum sits 533 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 30 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 Floyds Fork near Mt Washington, KY at 213 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Floyds Fork near Shepherdsville, KY and Salt River at Shepherdsville, KY.

Normal flows here

Chenoweth Run runs a median of 11 cfs at this gauge across 30 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 17 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,590 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 2019.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 7.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.7 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FNCK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.