N Elkhorn Creek at Winchester Rd near Lexington, 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 03287590 sits on N Elkhorn Creek and reads everything draining 4.0 square miles of the Lower Kentucky basin. Its datum sits 921 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 27 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 N Elkhorn Creek at Bryan Station Rd at Montrose, KY at 22 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 19% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to North Elkhorn Creek at Georgetown, KY.

Normal flows here

N Elkhorn Creek runs a median of 2.5 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 6.0 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 357 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 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 7.7 feet, in September 2006.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ELPK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.