Johns Creek near Meta, 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 03210000 sits on Johns Creek and reads everything draining 56 square miles of the Lower Levisa basin. Its datum sits 715 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1941, 83 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 Johns Creek near Van Lear, KY at 206 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 27% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Johns Creek runs a median of 22 cfs at this gauge across 83 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 92 cfs, and September the leanest at 7.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,200 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1945.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1941 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 21.1 feet, in May 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MTGK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.