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Slate Creek in Kentucky

River56.8 mi

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Around Slate Creek

5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Slate Creek is a 56.8 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Slate Creek at Highway 713 near MT. Sterling, KY (site 03250190). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2001 to 2026

Slate Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 115 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,610 cfs, in 2002.

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Typical flow by month at Slate Creek at Highway 713 near MT. Sterling, KY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9037 to 197
February11555 to 245
March10654 to 227
April8342 to 180
May3916 to 123
June166.3 to 48
July155.7 to 52
August9.73.2 to 32
September9.21.9 to 28
October112.5 to 38
November265.3 to 84
December7228 to 177

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 25 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Slate Creek at Highway 713 near MT. Sterling, KY (site 03250190). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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