About this river
South Fork Licking River is a 5.8 mile river near Kayaking The Midway in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, KY (site 03252500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1938 to 2026
South Fork Licking River typically runs highest in February, at a median 760 cfs, and lowest in October, at 13 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 30,700 cfs, in 1948.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 560 | 245 to 1,380 | |
| February | 760 | 380 to 1,640 | |
| March | 750 | 385 to 1,850 | |
| April | 545 | 258 to 1,350 | |
| May | 212 | 94 to 501 | |
| June | 105 | 40 to 291 | |
| July | 82 | 26 to 209 | |
| August | 34 | 9.6 to 131 | |
| September | 15 | 4.7 to 73 | |
| October | 13 | 3.6 to 79 | |
| November | 63 | 8.4 to 322 | |
| December | 358 | 103 to 950 |
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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Fork Licking River at Cynthiana, KY (site 03252500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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