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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03284552 WEST HICKMAN CREEK AT VETERANS PARK NEAR LEXINGTON, KY

LOCATION - Lat 37°57'28", long 84°30'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Fayette County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, at upstream right bank next to pedestrian bridge in Veterans Park near Lexington, 4.09 miles upstream of Hickman Creek and at mile 4.1.

DRAINAGE AREA - 15.09 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - Revisions: Discharge and stage correction to remove erroneous gage height correction made during audit from 12/28/22 - 2/15/23. Original gage height correction from peak of event on 1/4/23 to 1/5/23 of a set 3 correction with corrections of 0.00' prorating to -0.08' during visit on 1/4/23 and then prorating back to 0.00 on 1/5/23. New correction of 0.00' was prorated to -0.04' from 12/28/22 - 2/15/23 as to not base correction based on fast changing conditions during the 1/4/23 visit.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2012 to current year.

GAGE - Water stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 881.67 ft above NAVD of 1988.

REMARKS - Known regulation from Reservoir Number 3. Reservoirs numbers 1,2 and 3 appear to be connected and are very close together. The gage height data does show slight regulation influence at times.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 28, 2018 - July 16, 2019

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE:

Maximum recorded: 28.3 C° on July 05, 2018 at 1700

Minimum recorded: 0.00 C° on Jan. 30, 2019 at 2000

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE:

Maximum recorded: 2160 microsiemens/cm on March 08, 2019 at 1745

Minimum recorded: 108 microsiemens/cm on June 18, 2019 at 0215

pH:

Maximum recorded: 9.03 units on Feb 26, 2019 at 1615*

Minimum recorded: 7.35 units on July 20, 2018 at 1845

DISSOLVED OXYGEN:

Maximum recorded: 16.95 mg/L on March 20, 2019 at 1545

Minimum recorded: 3.60 mg/L on July 16, 2018 at 0515

* Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset. First occurrence listed.