Thaxton’s Canoe Trails and Paddlers’ Inn
Kincaid Creek near Thaxton’s Canoe Trails and Paddlers’ Inn
About this river
Kincaid Creek is a 4.9 mile stream near Thaxton’s Canoe Trails and Paddlers’ Inn in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Licking River at Catawba, KY (site 03253500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1974 to 2026
Kincaid Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 6,690 cfs, and lowest in September, at 309 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 104,000 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5,230 | 2,020 to 8,840 | |
| February | 6,130 | 3,340 to 10,000 | |
| March | 6,690 | 4,340 to 10,700 | |
| April | 4,675 | 1,660 to 7,400 | |
| May | 3,360 | 1,100 to 7,040 | |
| June | 1,130 | 472 to 4,695 | |
| July | 758 | 370 to 2,310 | |
| August | 575 | 238 to 1,700 | |
| September | 309 | 128 to 854 | |
| October | 490 | 268 to 1,940 | |
| November | 1,325 | 527 to 3,950 | |
| December | 3,330 | 1,210 to 7,430 |
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 41 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Licking River at Catawba, KY (site 03253500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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