Rivers in Kentucky

Middle Fork Beargrass Creek near St. Matthews

Jefferson County, KentuckyNWS STMK2USGS 03293000Louisville office

No flood stages set
0.42ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 5:45 AM EDT

Record crest
9.10 ft1943

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Crest history

29 crests on NOAA’s list since 1943.

#DateStage
1March 1, 19439.10 ft
2September 23, 20068.75 ft
3March 2, 19978.70 ft
4February 25, 20188.53 ft
5April 2, 19708.34 ft
6April 3, 20157.96 ft
7May 1, 19837.21 ft
8February 18, 20007.21 ft
9February 28, 20217.09 ft
10July 18, 19717.02 ft
11April 4, 19897.01 ft
12July 14, 19937.00 ft
13August 3, 19876.67 ft
14July 27, 19926.63 ft
15July 10, 20046.60 ft
16September 27, 20026.59 ft
17September 14, 19796.55 ft
18March 22, 19916.55 ft
19April 24, 19756.51 ft
20May 20, 20056.51 ft
21February 15, 19906.46 ft
22May 10, 19966.43 ft
23July 21, 19736.35 ft
24January 19, 19886.33 ft
25May 5, 19776.27 ft

Most recent crests

  • February 28, 2021: 7.09 ft
  • February 25, 2018: 8.53 ft
  • April 3, 2015: 7.96 ft
  • September 23, 2006: 8.75 ft
  • May 20, 2005: 6.51 ft
  • July 10, 2004: 6.60 ft
  • December 19, 2002: 6.19 ft
  • September 27, 2002: 6.59 ft
  • February 18, 2000: 7.21 ft
  • March 2, 1997: 8.70 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. River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

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.