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Licking River at Farmers, KY

Bath County, Kentucky · USGS 03249500

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Licking River at its USGS monitoring location in Bath County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

RIVER PULSE

Above historical median · Recent trend not available

Flow vs typicalVery high

Streamflow is currently 800 ft³/s, 6.6× the historical median for this date.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 122 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage information is not available for this gauge.
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations

Look at the data (30 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM111 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM112 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM117 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM107 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM97.7 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM96.8 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM102 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM105 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM107 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM104 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM103 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM99.7 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM103 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM98.6 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM98.1 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM97.8 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM98.4 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM99.2 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM100 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM101 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM105 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM110 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM107 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM107 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM105 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM220 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM144 CFS
Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM99.9 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Bath County
Drainage area: 827 mi²
Current measurements: 3
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Licking River at Farmers, KYUSGS 03249500
STREAMFLOW800 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT8.65 ft