TidalMapWolf Run at Old Frankfort Pike at Lexington, KY Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03289193 sits on Wolf Run and reads everything draining 9.6 square miles of the Lower Kentucky basin. Its datum sits 862 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1998, 28 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 Town Branch at Yarnallton Road at Yarnallton, KY at 30 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 32% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to South Elkhorn Creek near Midway, KY and Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, KY.
Normal flows here
Wolf Run runs a median of 9.1 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 14 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 893 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2011.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 cfs | 121% |
| Feb | 14 cfs | 154% |
| Mar | 14 cfs | 154% |
| Apr | 11 cfs | 121% |
| May | 11 cfs | 121% |
| Jun | 7.7 cfs | 85% |
| Jul | 7.3 cfs | 80% |
| Aug | 4.0 cfs | 44% |
| Sep | 2.7 cfs | 30% |
| Oct | 3.2 cfs | 35% |
| Nov | 5.6 cfs | 61% |
| Dec | 10 cfs | 110% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1998 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Town Branch at Yarnallton Road at Yarnallton, KY
- Cane Run Creek at Citation Blvd near Lexington, KY
- South Elkhorn Creek at Fort Spring, KY
- Tributary to Cane Run Creek at Newtown Pk near Lexington, KY
- South Elkhorn Creek near Midway, KY
- West Hickman Creek at Veterans Park near Lexington, KY
- N Elkhorn Creek at Bryan Station Rd at Montrose, KY
- N Elkhorn Creek at Winchester Rd near Lexington, KY
- East Hickman Creek at Tates Creek Rd near East Hickman, KY
- North Elkhorn Creek at Georgetown, KY
- E Hickman Creek Tributary at Chilesburg Rd near Lexington,ky
- Kentucky River at Lock 9 at Valley View, KY
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03289193. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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