Cutshin Creek at Wooton, 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 03280700 sits on Cutshin Creek and reads everything draining 61 square miles of the Middle Fork Kentucky basin. Its datum sits 869 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1958 to 2024, 67 years in all.

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 Buckhorn Lake at Buckhorn, KY at 408 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Middle Fork Kentucky River at Hwy28 near Buckhorn, KY.

Normal flows here

Cutshin Creek runs a median of 28 cfs at this gauge across 67 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 104 cfs, and October the leanest at 5.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,890 cfs in 1984, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1975.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1958 to 2024. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 19.4 feet, in January 1957.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WTNK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.