Russell Creek near Columbia, 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 03307000 sits on Russell Creek and reads everything draining 188 square miles of the Upper Green basin. Only 173 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 605 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1940, 82 years of it.

Normal flows here

Russell Creek runs a median of 94 cfs at this gauge across 82 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 305 cfs, and September the leanest at 21 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 25,000 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is -7.3 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1940 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 26.1 feet, in September 1982.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLBK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Wolf Creek Dam is 23 miles from this gauge on the Cumberland system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Wolf Creek Dam 23 miles