Highest listed crest 42.12 ft May 3, 2010; 113,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 24.0 ft Major flooding from 42.0 ft
Crests at major 1 51st of 72 gauges in Kentucky
Most recent flood crest April 4, 2025 32.41 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Drakes Creek near Alvaton, 1937 to 2025 20 25 30 35 40 45 ft Flood stage 24.0 ft Major 42.0 ft Jan 1, 1937: 32.47 ft, minor flooding; 33,800 cubic feet per second Apr 10, 1942: 25.55 ft, minor flooding; 15,600 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 1943: 26.96 ft, minor flooding; 18,600 cubic feet per second Feb 29, 1944: 26.33 ft, minor flooding; 17,100 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 1945: 30.00 ft, minor flooding; 28,400 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1945: 25.63 ft, minor flooding; 14,700 cubic feet per second May 22, 1947: 24.25 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 1948: 30.70 ft, minor flooding; 30,900 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 1948: 27.23 ft, minor flooding; 19,000 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 1949: 26.62 ft, minor flooding; 17,200 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1949: 23.53 ft, action stage; 11,800 cubic feet per second Jun 16, 1949: 23.65 ft, action stage; 12,000 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 1949: 27.47 ft, minor flooding; 19,700 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 1950: 28.27 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 1950: 26.68 ft, minor flooding; 17,300 cubic feet per second Sep 3, 1950: 24.84 ft, minor flooding; 13,500 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 1951: 24.25 ft, minor flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 1951: 26.72 ft, minor flooding; 17,500 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 1952: 30.48 ft, minor flooding; 30,000 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1955: 25.75 ft, minor flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1955: 29.77 ft, minor flooding; 27,200 cubic feet per second Jan 30, 1956: 28.12 ft, minor flooding; 21,700 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1956: 26.95 ft, minor flooding; 18,200 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 1957: 31.54 ft, minor flooding; 34,300 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1957: 22.98 ft, action stage; 11,400 cubic feet per second May 23, 1957: 24.80 ft, minor flooding; 14,200 cubic feet per second Nov 19, 1957: 28.37 ft, minor flooding; 22,400 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1957: 23.37 ft, action stage; 12,000 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1959: 24.40 ft, minor flooding; 13,600 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 1959: 23.15 ft, action stage; 11,700 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1959: 23.31 ft, action stage; 11,900 cubic feet per second Jun 29, 1960: 23.89 ft, action stage; 12,800 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1962: 34.00 ft, minor flooding; 49,500 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1962: 26.29 ft, minor flooding; 17,100 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1962: 25.40 ft, minor flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1963: 23.26 ft, action stage; 11,800 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1964: 26.83 ft, minor flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1965: 25.83 ft, minor flooding; 15,200 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1965: 24.73 ft, minor flooding; 13,400 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 1967: 27.02 ft, minor flooding; 17,300 cubic feet per second May 15, 1967: 26.63 ft, minor flooding; 16,600 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1968: 29.28 ft, minor flooding; 22,200 cubic feet per second May 27, 1968: 23.18 ft, action stage; 11,000 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 1969: 40.43 ft, moderate flooding; 96,400 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1969: 27.65 ft, minor flooding; 18,600 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1970: 26.12 ft, minor flooding; 15,700 cubic feet per second May 9, 1972: 24.46 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 1972: 26.63 ft, minor flooding; 16,600 cubic feet per second Nov 28, 1973: 28.40 ft, minor flooding; 20,200 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1975: 35.93 ft, moderate flooding; 63,700 cubic feet per second Oct 18, 1975: 25.50 ft, minor flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 1978: 24.83 ft, minor flooding; 13,500 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 1978: 33.88 ft, minor flooding; 49,400 cubic feet per second Dec 14, 1979: 26.37 ft, minor flooding; 16,200 cubic feet per second Jun 11, 1981: 24.50 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Feb 9, 1982: 24.23 ft, minor flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1988: 25.63 ft, minor flooding Feb 21, 1989: 30.64 ft, minor flooding Mar 6, 1989: 28.88 ft, minor flooding Jun 16, 1989: 26.43 ft, minor flooding Jan 1, 1990: 23.71 ft, action stage Feb 4, 1990: 28.77 ft, minor flooding Dec 22, 1990: 29.27 ft, minor flooding Feb 18, 1991: 26.49 ft, minor flooding Dec 3, 1991: 29.25 ft, minor flooding Mar 11, 1992: 24.64 ft, minor flooding Jul 15, 1993: 35.71 ft, moderate flooding Feb 23, 1994: 26.58 ft, minor flooding Mar 10, 1994: 28.81 ft, minor flooding Apr 11, 1994: 29.17 ft, minor flooding May 8, 1995: 27.24 ft, minor flooding Sep 28, 1996: 24.97 ft, minor flooding Dec 17, 1996: 27.67 ft, minor flooding Mar 2, 1997: 29.85 ft, minor flooding Apr 17, 1998: 23.88 ft, action stage Jun 10, 1998: 28.49 ft, minor flooding Jan 23, 1999: 29.75 ft, minor flooding Aug 31, 2005: 27.65 ft, minor flooding Jan 24, 2006: 24.44 ft, minor flooding Mar 20, 2008: 24.52 ft, minor flooding Apr 5, 2008: 27.38 ft, minor flooding Jan 29, 2009: 30.27 ft, minor flooding May 20, 2009: 23.91 ft, action stage May 3, 2010: 42.12 ft, major flooding; 113,000 cubic feet per second Feb 25, 2011: 24.95 ft, minor flooding; 13,647 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2011: 25.45 ft, minor flooding; 14,484 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2011: 25.76 ft, minor flooding; 15,021 cubic feet per second May 4, 2011: 25.91 ft, minor flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 2013: 26.33 ft, minor flooding; 16,042 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2013: 29.15 ft, minor flooding; 22,400 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 2014: 27.35 ft, minor flooding; 18,100 cubic feet per second Apr 29, 2014: 25.79 ft, minor flooding; 15,074 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2015: 24.35 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per second Jul 8, 2016: 26.95 ft, minor flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second May 20, 2017: 25.93 ft, minor flooding; 15,600 cubic feet per second Sep 2, 2017: 27.24 ft, minor flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 2017: 26.09 ft, minor flooding; 15,850 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2018: 25.55 ft, minor flooding; 14,968 cubic feet per second Nov 6, 2018: 25.70 ft, minor flooding; 15,200 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2019: 24.77 ft, minor flooding; 13,800 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2019: 29.56 ft, minor flooding; 23,900 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2021: 30.61 ft, minor flooding; 27,800 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2025: 35.86 ft, moderate flooding; 54,000 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2025: 32.41 ft, minor flooding; 35,000 cubic feet per second Highest, 42.12 ft, May 3, 2010 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Drakes Creek near Alvaton 1930s: 1 1940s: 10 1950s: 14 1960s: 11 1970s: 9 1980s: 6 1990s: 15 2000s: 5 2010s: 18 18 2020s: 3 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. 05 Other gauges in Warren County Warren County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Kentucky
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ALVK2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.