Levisa Fork at Pikeville, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 03209500 sits on the Levisa Fork and reads everything draining 1,232 square miles of the Lower Levisa basin. Its datum sits 631 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1969, 57 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Levisa Fork below Fishtrap Dam near Millard, KY, reading 392 square miles. This gauge adds the 840 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Levisa Fork at Prestonsburg, KY at 1,702 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 72% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Levisa Fork runs a median of 812 cfs at this gauge across 57 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,920 cfs, and September the leanest at 296 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 69,300 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 66 cfs in 1971.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1969 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Levisa Fork reaches flood stage at this gauge at 35 feet. NWS starts watching it at 28 feet. The highest crest on record is 52.7 feet, in January 1957.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PKYK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.