About this river
Cedar Creek is a 3.7 mile river near Canoe Kentucky in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Kentucky River at Lock 3 at Gest, KY (site 03290080). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2012 to 2025
Cedar Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 13,900 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1,250 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 120,000 cfs, in 2025.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10,400 | 5,830 to 19,400 | |
| February | 13,900 | 7,770 to 37,300 | |
| March | 13,200 | 9,320 to 22,500 | |
| April | 9,565 | 5,725 to 18,750 | |
| May | 6,010 | 4,090 to 14,900 | |
| June | 2,790 | 1,555 to 6,070 | |
| July | 2,950 | 1,340 to 6,420 | |
| August | 2,270 | 1,120 to 5,040 | |
| September | 1,250 | 489 to 2,925 | |
| October | 1,450 | 683 to 3,580 | |
| November | 2,485 | 1,270 to 5,695 | |
| December | 8,490 | 3,300 to 16,400 |
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 13 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Kentucky River at Lock 3 at Gest, KY (site 03290080). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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