South Elkhorn Creek at Fort Spring, 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 03289000 sits on South Elkhorn Creek and reads everything draining 24 square miles of the Lower Kentucky basin. Only 21 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 834 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1950, 71 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 South Elkhorn Creek near Midway, KY at 105 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 23% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, KY.

Normal flows here

South Elkhorn Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 71 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 40 cfs, and September the leanest at 3.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,850 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1954.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1950 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 12.9 feet, in September 2006.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FTSK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.