M Fork Beargrass Creek at Lexington Rd 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 03293500 sits on the M Fork Beargrass Creek and reads everything draining 25 square miles of the Silver-Little Kentucky basin. Its datum sits 430 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is M Fork Beargrass at Old Cannons Ln at Louisville, KY, reading 19 square miles. This gauge adds the 5.9 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Beargrass Creek at River Road at Louisville, KY at 60 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 41% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ohio River at Louisville, KY and Ohio River below Riverview Pk near Louisville, KY.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 20 feet, in March 1997.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CFTK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.