M Fork Beargrass at Old Cannons Ln at Louisville, 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 03293000 sits on the M Fork Beargrass and reads everything draining 19 square miles of the Silver-Little Kentucky basin. Only 18 square miles of that contributes flow in a normal year; the rest is closed basin that does not drain to the river. Its datum sits 476 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1944, 81 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 M Fork Beargrass Creek at Lexington Rd at Louisville,ky at 25 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 76% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Beargrass Creek at River Road at Louisville, KY, Ohio River at Louisville, KY and Ohio River below Riverview Pk near Louisville, KY.

Normal flows here

The M Fork Beargrass runs a median of 10 cfs at this gauge across 81 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 25 cfs, and September the leanest at 3.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,160 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1954.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1944 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 9.1 feet, in March 1943.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STMK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.