Licking River level at Farmers
Kentucky · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 03249500 — LICKING RIVER AT FARMERS, KY
Reading taken · as of 43 min ago
Up and off-colour — heavier water than usual for wading
At 800 CFS, this gauge is in the highest quarter of the 32 years USGS has recorded for this date (1974–2018), at 340% of the 235 CFS median.
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Flow history at Farmers
Daily values from USGS 03249500, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Licking River at Farmers
In Kentucky, below Cave Run Lake. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Cave Run Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Licking River at Farmers — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Cave Run Lake affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Licking River at Farmers high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 235 CFS, from 32 years of record (1974–2018). Today sits in the highest quarter of those years, at 340% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 03249500 every 15 to 60 minutes. This page refreshes from USGS when you open it, and the reading is provisional until USGS reviews it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.