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Elkhorn City

Levisa Fork near Elkhorn City

River50.6 mi
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About this river

Levisa Fork is a 50.6 mile river near Elkhorn City in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Levisa Fork at Pikeville, KY (site 03209500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1969 to 2025

Levisa Fork typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,920 cfs, and lowest in September, at 296 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 69,300 cfs, in 1977.

Typical flow by month at Levisa Fork at Pikeville, KY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1,380738 to 2,700
February1,9001,070 to 3,600
March1,9201,280 to 3,510
April1,350809 to 2,195
May1,230715 to 2,090
June582350 to 1,125
July450274 to 818
August365241 to 667
September296228 to 474
October477295 to 747
November738464 to 1,270
December958423 to 1,870

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 Levisa Fork at Pikeville, KY (site 03209500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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