Green River at Rochester, 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 03315850 sits on the Green River and reads everything draining 5,770 square miles of the Middle Green basin. Its datum sits 352 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Green River at Lock 4 at Woodbury, KY, reading 5,404 square miles. This gauge adds the 366 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Green River at Paradise, KY at 6,183 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Green River at Lock 2 at Calhoun, KY.

Flood stages and record crests

The Green River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 37 feet. NWS starts watching it at 34 feet. The highest crest on record is 61.6 feet, in January 1937.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RCHK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.