Jefferson County, Kentucky

46 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Ohio River Us Of Mcalpine Dam @ Rrb At Louisville, KY: water level 13.03 ft · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (13.02 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago
• Fern Creek At Old Bardstown Road At Louisville, KY: flow 0.3 ft³/s · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (0.43 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Goose Creek At Highway 22 At Spring Valley, KY: water level 0.96 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (1.11 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago
• Chenoweth Run At Gelhaus Lane Near Fern Creek, KY: water level 2.84 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (2.86 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago
• Pond Creek At Pendleton Road Near Louisville, KY: flow 53.4 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually below 51.5 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Kentucky: 51 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 10 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

43 entries from WZDx 4.1 work zones (kytc) (Kentucky Transportation Cabinet) for this county, in its latest read.

• WZDx 4.1 work zones (kytc): 43 entries for this county · Kentucky Transportation Cabinet · read 9 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

10 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

11 reports in the last 6 hours, none published as an event.

• Caretaker at senior living facility accused of recording elderly man trying to kill his wife · WHAS-TV · 1 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• DoorDash offers $17 billion for Instacart in what would be a big consolidation for grocery delivery · WHAS-TV · 1 h ago
• Florida mother arrested at airport after allegedly leaving 4 kids home alone while she went to Las Vegas for work · WHAS-TV · 2 h ago
• Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton 'Jodi' sells for $47.3M · WHAS-TV · 2 h ago
• Hackers expose personal information of more than 40,000 DHS agents · WHAS-TV · 2 h ago

And 46 more reports in the last 24 hours, not listed here.

Wastewater site 2321: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 4.36, within the usual weekly level for this site.

• Wastewater site 2321: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 4.36 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 8:00 PM EDT
• Wastewater site 2322: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 4.56 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 8:00 PM EDT
• Wastewater site 2323: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 4.59 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 8:00 PM EDT
• Wastewater site 2324: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 8:00 PM EDT
• Wastewater site 568: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 4.12 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 8:00 PM EDT

• CDC wastewater data for viral activity level (SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, RSV): 30 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for measles: 22 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for SARS-CoV-2: 12 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for RSV: 11 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for influenza A: 11 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for avian influenza A (H5): 5 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for mpox: 2 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Louisville: AQI 64, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Louisville: AQI 64 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 2 h ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Kentucky: 53 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 1 h ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 10 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

46 entries from LG&E and KU outage map (Kubra Storm Center) (LG&E and KU) for this county, in its latest read.

• LG&E and KU outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 46 entries for this county · LG&E and KU · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Matters Now

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, LS/LOWER 6 MILE LANE, 2026-07-31: 1 person injured. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration

Quiet

• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2), week of 2026-10-19: $4.145 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Rail accident, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, LOUISVILLE, 2026-05-04. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 475,926 jobs (478,489 a year earlier); $1,540 average weekly wage ($1,489 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 1 h ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  28 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 10:26 AM EDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 11 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 1 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT

Background

• National Register nominations (Federal Register)
  James Taylor-Jacob School Neighborhood Historic District, Roughly bounded by River Rd., Jacob School Rd., and property boundaries of the houses along Rest Way, Bass Road, and Duroc Ave., Prospect vicinity (Jefferson County, Kentucky), reference SG100013466: nominated, comments due 2026-10-01. National Park Service (Federal Register)
• National Register listings (NPS)
  443 properties on the National Register in this county, 5 of them National Historic Landmarks. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 11:49 AM EDT.