Rolling Fork near Boston, 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 03301500 sits on the Rolling Fork and reads everything draining 1,299 square miles of the Rolling Fork basin. Its datum sits 400 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 87 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 Rolling Fork near Lebanon Junction, KY at 1,375 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Salt River at Main Range Rd near West Point, KY.

Normal flows here

The Rolling Fork runs a median of 522 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,920 cfs, and September the leanest at 58 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 68,400 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 1953.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Rolling Fork reaches flood stage at this gauge at 35 feet. NWS starts watching it at 33 feet. The highest crest on record is 55.2 feet, in January 1937.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BSNK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.