Rivers in Kentucky

Middle Fork Kentucky River near Hyden

Leslie County, KentuckyNWS HYDK2USGS 03280612Jackson office

No flood stages set
4.20ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 1:30 AM EDT

Record crest
33.30 ft1957

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 33.29 ftflooding will exceed highest stage on record

Crest history

26 crests on NOAA’s list since 1957.

#DateStage
1January 29, 195733.30 ft
2March 12, 196326.13 ft
3June 15, 198924.95 ft
4May 7, 198424.36 ft
5March 7, 196720.36 ft
6April 28, 197020.16 ft
7April 4, 197719.88 ft
8December 2, 199118.44 ft
9November 28, 197317.87 ft
10June 24, 196017.34 ft
11January 21, 195917.32 ft
12April 12, 197217.25 ft
13May 7, 197116.04 ft
14March 12, 197515.79 ft
15March 26, 196515.68 ft
16February 28, 196213.87 ft
17March 30, 197613.42 ft
18December 9, 197813.26 ft
19May 6, 195812.99 ft
20November 9, 198612.69 ft
21March 12, 196812.55 ft
22January 4, 198212.04 ft
23January 30, 198511.73 ft
24March 21, 198011.69 ft
25April 20, 198111.00 ft

Most recent crests

  • December 2, 1991: 18.44 ft
  • June 15, 1989: 24.95 ft
  • November 9, 1986: 12.69 ft
  • January 30, 1985: 11.73 ft
  • May 7, 1984: 24.36 ft
  • January 4, 1982: 12.04 ft
  • April 20, 1981: 11.00 ft
  • March 21, 1980: 11.69 ft
  • December 9, 1978: 13.26 ft
  • April 4, 1977: 19.88 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.