Little Sandy River at Grayson, 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 03216500 sits on the Little Sandy River and reads everything draining 400 square miles of the Little Sandy basin. Its datum sits 557 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

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Little Sandy River below Grayson Dam near Leon, KY, reading 196 square miles. This gauge adds the 204 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ohio River at Greenup Dam near Greenup, KY at 62,000 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Little Sandy River runs a median of 205 cfs at this gauge across 57 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 564 cfs, and September the leanest at 47 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,600 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 5.8 cfs in 1969.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1969 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little Sandy River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 21 feet. NWS starts watching it at 19 feet. The highest crest on record is 30.6 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GYNK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.