Salt River at Shepherdsville, 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 03298500 sits on the Salt River and reads everything draining 1,197 square miles of the Salt basin. Its datum sits 406 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1984 to 2024, 40 years in all.

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 Salt River at Main Range Rd near West Point, KY at 2,790 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 43% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Salt River runs a median of 658 cfs at this gauge across 40 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,750 cfs, and September the leanest at 99 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 65,600 cfs in 1997, and the lowest is 7.7 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1984 to 2024. 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 Salt River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 32 feet. NWS starts watching it at 30 feet. The highest crest on record is 47.3 feet, in January 1937.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHPK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.