USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03260100 ELIJAH'S CREEK AT ELIJAH'S CREEK ROAD NEAR HEBRON, KY
LOCATION - Lat 39°04'47", long 84°41'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Boone County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05090203, at bridge on Elijah's Creek Road, 0.6 miles downstream from Interstate 275, 1.3 miles northeast of Hebron, and 2.5 miles upstream from the Ohio River.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4.03 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1999 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 759.08 feet above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - Northern Kentucky Sanitation District No. 1.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum Discharge, 1,510 ft³s, May 10, 2003, gage height, 7.34 ft.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: March 2001 to September 30, 2010. October 24, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
pH: March 2001 to September 30, 2010. October 24, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
WATER TEMPERATURES: March 2001 to September 30, 2010. October 24, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: March 2001 to September 30, 2010. October 24, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
TURBIDITY: March 2001 to June 2002, May to June 2003, and April 2004 to September 2004. March 2010 to September 2010, October 24, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
COOPERATION - Northern Kentucky Sanitation District No. 1.
INSTRUMENTATION - Five parameter water-quality monitor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 17,900 microsiemens, February 17, 2007; minimum recorded, 21 microsiemens, January 18, 2001.
pH: Maximum recorded, 9.3 units, August 19, 2007; minimum recorded, 5.5 units, March 27, 2010.
WATER TEMPERATURES: Maximum recorded, 32.2°C, August 8, 2007; minimum recorded, -0.8°C, February 17, 2007.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 24.1 mg/L, May 6, 2007; minimum recorded, 0.0 mg/L, September 8-9, 2007.
TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, (years 2001-2004) >1,000 FNU, several days in 2001, 2002, June 8, 14, 2003, June 9, 2004; Maximum recorded (new turbidity range, year 2010, 2014) >3,000, March 12, 25, April 9-11, 13-16, 19-23, 31, May 1, 12, 21, June 9, 12, 27, July 19, 2010, October 31, December 21, 2013, January 5-7, February 17, April 2-5, July 1, and August 20, 2014; minimum recorded, <2.0 FNU, several days in water years 2001-2004, 2010, and 2014.