Dix River near Danville, 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 03285000 sits on the Dix River and reads everything draining 318 square miles of the Lower Kentucky basin. Its datum sits 750 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1943, 84 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 Dix River at Dix Dam near Burgin, KY at 439 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 72% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Kentucky River at Lock 7 at Highbridge, KY.

Normal flows here

The Dix River runs a median of 113 cfs at this gauge across 84 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 448 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 35,200 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1943 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 21.8 feet, in December 1978.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DNVK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.