Rough River near Dundee, 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 03319000 sits on the Rough River and reads everything draining 757 square miles of the Rough basin. Only 638 square miles of that contributes flow in a normal year; the rest is closed basin that does not drain to the river. Its datum sits 393 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1960 to 2004, 36 years in all.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Rough River near Falls of Rough at Dam, KY, reading 454 square miles. This gauge adds the 303 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Rough River runs a median of 927 cfs at this gauge across 36 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 2,180 cfs, and August the leanest at 94 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,100 cfs in 1989, and the lowest is 14 cfs in 1960.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1960 to 2004. 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 Rough River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 25 feet. NWS starts watching it at 23 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.8 feet, in January 1937.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DUNK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.