Licking River at Catawba, 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 03253500 sits on the Licking River and reads everything draining 3,300 square miles of the Licking basin. Its datum sits 499 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1974, 41 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Licking River at Mckinneysburg, KY, reading 2,326 square miles. This gauge adds the 974 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Licking River at Hwy 536 near Alexandria, KY at 3,593 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 92% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Licking River runs a median of 2,020 cfs at this gauge across 41 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 6,690 cfs, and September the leanest at 308 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 104,000 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 34 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1974 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

NWS action stage at this gauge is 33 feet. The highest crest on record is 57.6 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CATK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.