Green River at Paradise, 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 03316500 sits on the Green River and reads everything draining 6,183 square miles of the Middle Green basin. Only 4,978 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 363 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1970, 46 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Green River at Rochester, KY, reading 5,770 square miles. This gauge adds the 413 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Green River at Lock 2 at Calhoun, KY at 7,566 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Green River runs a median of 6,930 cfs at this gauge across 46 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 15,500 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,590 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 136,000 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 135 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1970 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Green River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 380 feet. NWS starts watching it at 378 feet. The highest crest on record is 403.6 feet, in March 1962.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PRDK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.