South Elkhorn Creek

River in Kentucky, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 105 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

54.7

cfs · 18 min ago

Normal for today

43.0

cfs median, 44 yrs

Water temp

°F · 58 min ago

Gage height

4.30

Normal for the date127% of medianUSGS gauge 03289300

Thirty-day mean discharge · 51.2–163 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
SOUTH ELKHORN CREEK NEAR MIDWAY, KY03289300	54.7 cfs	—	18 min ago
SOUTH ELKHORN CREEK AT FORT SPRING, KY03289000	0.52 cfs	57°F	48 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 43.0 cfs over 44 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 31.0 and 59.0 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near South Elkhorn Creek

South Elkhorn Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Cumberland River (96 mi), Clinch River (131 mi), Caney Fork (146 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for South Elkhorn Creek
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: peak	June: active	July: absent	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: peak	December: peak
Scud	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Sculpin	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Sowbug	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: active	March: peak	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Crane Fly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Little Black Stonefly	January: active	February: peak	March: peak	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on South Elkhorn Creek

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.