West Hickman Creek at Veterans Park near Lexington, 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 03284552 sits on West Hickman Creek and reads everything draining 15 square miles of the Lower Kentucky basin. Its datum sits 882 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2013, 14 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 Kentucky River at Lock 7 at Highbridge, KY at 5,036 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

West Hickman Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 14 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 27 cfs, and September the leanest at 6.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,110 cfs in 2015, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2016.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2013 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 10.3 feet, in April 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VTPK2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.