About this river
Tug Fork is a 19.2 mile river near Elkhorn City in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tug Fork at Williamson, WV (site 03213700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1968 to 2026
Tug Fork typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,490 cfs, and lowest in October, at 189 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 74,000 cfs, in 1977.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,010 | 521 to 1,810 | |
| February | 1,380 | 848 to 2,370 | |
| March | 1,490 | 1,090 to 2,470 | |
| April | 1,375 | 899 to 2,170 | |
| May | 1,050 | 726 to 1,730 | |
| June | 559 | 382 to 882 | |
| July | 422 | 288 to 642 | |
| August | 311 | 213 to 522 | |
| September | 208 | 141 to 348 | |
| October | 189 | 128 to 335 | |
| November | 296 | 153 to 644 | |
| December | 683 | 343 to 1,290 |
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 59 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tug Fork at Williamson, WV (site 03213700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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