About this river
Salt River is a 22.1 mile river near Kayaking The Midway in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Salt River at Glensboro, KY (site 03295400). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1989 to 2026
Salt River typically runs highest in February, at a median 232 cfs, and lowest in September, at 15 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,500 cfs, in 2006.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 181 | 76 to 413 | |
| February | 232 | 126 to 587 | |
| March | 178 | 96 to 386 | |
| April | 143 | 69 to 342 | |
| May | 113 | 55 to 279 | |
| June | 40 | 16 to 113 | |
| July | 31 | 13 to 108 | |
| August | 19 | 8.6 to 52 | |
| September | 15 | 6.7 to 47 | |
| October | 19 | 7.9 to 80 | |
| November | 64 | 20 to 183 | |
| December | 134 | 49 to 413 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Salt River at Glensboro, KY (site 03295400). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Salt River. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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