About this river
Elkhorn Creek is an 11.5 mile river near Canoe Kentucky in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, KY (site 03289500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1916 to 2026
Elkhorn Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 796 cfs, and lowest in September, at 62 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 25,000 cfs, in 1989.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 639 | 297 to 1,300 | |
| February | 763 | 380 to 1,490 | |
| March | 796 | 384 to 1,660 | |
| April | 541 | 252 to 1,095 | |
| May | 300 | 140 to 741 | |
| June | 172 | 88 to 409 | |
| July | 113 | 65 to 243 | |
| August | 88 | 47 to 177 | |
| September | 62 | 35 to 129 | |
| October | 65 | 33 to 144 | |
| November | 119 | 52 to 356 | |
| December | 423 | 153 to 1,050 |
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 86 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elkhorn Creek near Frankfort, KY (site 03289500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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