About this river
Russell Creek is a 33.6 mile river near Morgan's Guide Services in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Russell Creek near Columbia, KY (site 03307000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Russell Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 305 cfs, and lowest in September, at 21 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 25,000 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 262 | 119 to 526 | |
| February | 304 | 165 to 582 | |
| March | 305 | 193 to 571 | |
| April | 234 | 145 to 442 | |
| May | 120 | 67 to 256 | |
| June | 69 | 40 to 151 | |
| July | 49 | 26 to 114 | |
| August | 30 | 16 to 66 | |
| September | 21 | 11 to 56 | |
| October | 27 | 14 to 67 | |
| November | 57 | 25 to 159 | |
| December | 193 | 69 to 391 |
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 82 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Russell Creek near Columbia, KY (site 03307000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Russell Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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