Drakes Creek near Alvaton, 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 03314000 sits on Drakes Creek and reads everything draining 478 square miles of the Barren basin. Only 358 square miles of that contributes flow in a normal year; the rest is closed basin that does not drain to the river. Its datum sits 442 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1961, 28 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 Barren River at Bowling Green, KY at 1,849 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 26% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Drakes Creek runs a median of 302 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 900 cfs, and October the leanest at 81 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 66,400 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 18 cfs in 2010.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1961 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Drakes Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 22 feet. The highest crest on record is 42.1 feet, in May 2010.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ALVK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.