TidalMapFern Creek at Old Bardstown Rd at Louisville, KY Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03301900 sits on Fern Creek and reads everything draining 3.5 square miles of the Salt basin. Its datum sits 550 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 29 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 Pond Creek near Louisville, KY at 64 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Fern Creek runs a median of 2.9 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 5.7 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 578 cfs in 2015, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2011.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 cfs | 145% |
| Feb | 5.0 cfs | 172% |
| Mar | 5.2 cfs | 179% |
| Apr | 5.7 cfs | 195% |
| May | 4.2 cfs | 145% |
| Jun | 2.4 cfs | 83% |
| Jul | 1.7 cfs | 59% |
| Aug | 1.3 cfs | 45% |
| Sep | 1.1 cfs | 36% |
| Oct | 1.4 cfs | 48% |
| Nov | 1.9 cfs | 66% |
| Dec | 3.7 cfs | 128% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03301900. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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