Martin's Fork near Harlan, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 03400986 sits on the Martin's Fork and reads everything draining 119 square miles of the Upper Cumberland basin. Its datum sits 1,099 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2013, 12 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Martins Fork near Smith, KY, reading 56 square miles. This gauge adds the 63 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River near Harlan, KY at 374 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 32% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River at Pine St Br at Pineville, KY.

Normal flows here

The Martin's Fork runs a median of 88 cfs at this gauge across 12 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 499 cfs, and September the leanest at 23 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,900 cfs in 2018, and the lowest is 10 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2013 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.