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Around North Elkhorn Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
North Elkhorn Creek is an 8.6 mile river near Kayaking The Midway in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge North Elkhorn Creek at Georgetown, KY (site 03288100). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1993 to 2026
North Elkhorn Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 233 cfs, and lowest in September, at 13 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 1997.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 190 | 103 to 383 |
| February | 233 | 132 to 502 |
| March | 224 | 121 to 455 |
| April | 143 | 81 to 293 |
| May | 126 | 59 to 296 |
| June | 60 | 25 to 164 |
| July | 37 | 14 to 95 |
| August | 23 | 11 to 58 |
| September | 13 | 6.0 to 51 |
| October | 19 | 7.4 to 88 |
| November | 69 | 15 to 181 |
| December | 153 | 70 to 318 |
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 33 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for North Elkhorn Creek at Georgetown, KY (site 03288100). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of North Elkhorn Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Oser LandingNorth Fork Elkhorn CreekPublic
- Great CrossingsNorth Fork Elkhorn CreekPublic
- CardomeNorth Fork Elkhorn CreekPublic
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