Rivers in Kentucky

Gunpowder Creek near Union

Boone County, KentuckyNWS GPCK2USGS 03277075Wilmington office

No flood stages set
1.26ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 8:00 AM EDT

Record crest
56.85 ft1937

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Crest history

26 crests on NOAA’s list since 1890.

#DateStage
1January 24, 193756.85 ft
2March 3, 199753.60 ft
3December 10, 197851.65 ft
4March 11, 196449.00 ft
5April 17, 197247.10 ft
6March 1, 196246.87 ft
7March 7, 194546.70 ft
8March 28, 191345.50 ft
9March 6, 195544.25 ft
10February 3, 195043.80 ft
11May 10, 198443.71 ft
12May 9, 196143.15 ft
13February 25, 190943.00 ft
14February 8, 193942.90 ft
15January 23, 192741.70 ft
16March 12, 199441.64 ft
17May 20, 199541.50 ft
18March 17, 196341.40 ft
19March 2, 189041.10 ft
20December 19, 191540.70 ft
21January 20, 190740.50 ft
22February 1, 191840.30 ft
23February 4, 195740.20 ft
24April 23, 199830.80 ft
25January 10, 200530.60 ft

Most recent crests

  • January 10, 2005: 30.60 ft
  • February 18, 2001: 25.51 ft
  • April 23, 1998: 30.80 ft
  • March 3, 1997: 53.60 ft
  • May 20, 1995: 41.50 ft
  • March 12, 1994: 41.64 ft
  • May 10, 1984: 43.71 ft
  • December 10, 1978: 51.65 ft
  • April 17, 1972: 47.10 ft
  • March 11, 1964: 49.00 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Ohio River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.