Ohio River at Maysville, 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 03238000 sits on the Ohio River and reads everything draining 70,130 square miles of the Ohio Brush-Whiteoak basin. Its datum sits 450 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1941 to 1981, 27 years in all.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is J M Stuart Elec Gen Sta 1 near Manchester Oh, reading 25 square miles. This gauge adds the 70,105 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Ohio River runs a median of 65,400 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 179,000 cfs, and September the leanest at 14,500 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 631,000 cfs in 1945, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1968.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1941 to 1981. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

The Ohio River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 50 feet. NWS starts watching it at 48 feet. The highest crest on record is 75.6 feet, in January 1937.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MYVK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.