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Goose Creek in Kentucky

River37.5 mi
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Around Goose Creek

5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Goose Creek is a 37.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Goose Creek at Manchester, KY (site 03281100). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1965 to 2025

Goose Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 280 cfs, and lowest in September, at 11 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,700 cfs, in 1984.

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Typical flow by month at Goose Creek at Manchester, KY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January227107 to 460
February259160 to 520
March280173 to 516
April233142 to 432
May11854 to 239
June3716 to 99
July2812 to 78
August177.4 to 48
September114.3 to 29
October164.9 to 48
November4617 to 136
December15168 to 344

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 57 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Goose Creek at Manchester, KY (site 03281100). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Goose Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Goose CreekGoose CreekPublic
  • Rawlings Stinson ParkGoose CreekPublic
  • Bert Combs LakeBert Combs LakePublic

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