Licking River at Mckinneysburg, 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 03251500 sits on the Licking River and reads everything draining 2,326 square miles of the Licking basin. Its datum sits 520 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1974, 47 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Licking River at Blue Lick Springs, KY, reading 1,785 square miles. This gauge adds the 541 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Licking River at Catawba, KY at 3,300 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 70% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Licking River at Hwy 536 near Alexandria, KY.

Normal flows here

The Licking River runs a median of 1,770 cfs at this gauge across 47 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5,480 cfs, and September the leanest at 260 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 43,100 cfs in 1989, and the lowest is 44 cfs in 2002.

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

The Licking River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 35 feet. NWS starts watching it at 32 feet. The highest crest on record is 55.2 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MKBK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.