The invention discloses a method for determining the height of an overlying stratum water guiding crack zone. The method includes the steps of 1, according to the thickness, the volume weight, the
elastic modulus and the tensile strength of strata overlain on a
coal mining working face, judging whether a
primary key stratum and / or a secondary key stratum exist / exists in the strata overlain on the
coal mining working face or not, and determining the positions / position of the
primary key stratum and / or the secondary key stratum; 2, primarily judging the position of the
primary key stratum in three overlying stratum zones according to the ratio of rock and loading and the ratio of rock and mining, and primarily determining the range of the height of the overlying stratum water guiding crack zone; 3, calculating the total tensile deformation of the strata overlain on the
coal mining working face under three conditions, comparing the total tensile deformation of the strata overlain on the
coal mining working face with the ultimate tensile deformation of the strata overlain on the
coal mining working face, and judging whether the strata overlain on the
coal mining working face are broken or not; 4, determining the height of the overlying stratum water guiding crack zone under three conditions. The steps of the method are simple, the method for determining the height of the overlying stratum water guiding crack zone is simplified, and the accurate result can be obtained.