Cumberland River at Pine St Br at Pineville, 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 03402900 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 770 square miles of the Upper Cumberland basin. Its datum sits 970 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1992, 18 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River near Harlan, KY, reading 374 square miles. This gauge adds the 396 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River at Barbourville, KY at 960 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 80% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Cumberland River runs a median of 667 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,770 cfs, and September the leanest at 159 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 41,500 cfs in 2002, and the lowest is 48 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1992 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Cumberland River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 1002 feet. NWS starts watching it at 995 feet. The highest crest on record is 1021.8 feet, in April 1977.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PVLK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.