TidalMapPond River near Apex, KY Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03320500 sits on the Pond River and reads everything draining 194 square miles of the Pond basin. Its datum sits 384 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1941, 85 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 Pond River near White Plains, KY at 346 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 56% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
The Pond River runs a median of 54 cfs at this gauge across 85 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 280 cfs, and September the leanest at 3.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 28,400 cfs in 1989, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1964.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 151 cfs | 280% |
| Feb | 245 cfs | 454% |
| Mar | 280 cfs | 519% |
| Apr | 214 cfs | 395% |
| May | 96 cfs | 178% |
| Jun | 26 cfs | 49% |
| Jul | 15 cfs | 28% |
| Aug | 6.9 cfs | 13% |
| Sep | 3.6 cfs | 7% |
| Oct | 4.2 cfs | 8% |
| Nov | 28 cfs | 51% |
| Dec | 96 cfs | 178% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1941 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 26.8 feet, in November 1957.
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| November 1957 | 26.8 ft |
| May 1984 | 22.8 ft |
| February 1989 | 22.6 ft |
| December 1978 | 21.3 ft |
| December 1990 | 20.3 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge APXK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03320500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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