About this river
Clear Fork is an 8.8 mile river near Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Clear Fork at Saxton, KY (site 03403910). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1968 to 2025
Clear Fork typically runs highest in February, at a median 650 cfs, and lowest in October, at 57 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 19,400 cfs, in 1973.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 540 | 292 to 969 | |
| February | 650 | 404 to 1,180 | |
| March | 640 | 441 to 1,060 | |
| April | 505 | 349 to 920 | |
| May | 318 | 179 to 580 | |
| June | 139 | 83 to 320 | |
| July | 121 | 63 to 255 | |
| August | 97 | 53 to 182 | |
| September | 60 | 32 to 128 | |
| October | 57 | 31 to 120 | |
| November | 147 | 56 to 389 | |
| December | 386 | 188 to 746 |
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 45 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Clear Fork at Saxton, KY (site 03403910). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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