Floyds Fork near Mt Washington, 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 03298200 sits on the Floyds Fork and reads everything draining 213 square miles of the Salt basin. Its datum sits 457 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 26 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Floyds Fork at Fisherville, KY, reading 138 square miles. This gauge adds the 75 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Floyds Fork near Shepherdsville, KY at 283 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 75% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Salt River at Shepherdsville, KY and Salt River at Main Range Rd near West Point, KY.

Normal flows here

The Floyds Fork runs a median of 131 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 262 cfs, and September the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,400 cfs in 2015, and the lowest is 3.0 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 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 25 feet, in April 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MWTK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.