USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03289000 SOUTH ELKHORN CREEK AT FORT SPRING, KY
LOCATION - Lat 38°02'35", long 84°37'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Fayette County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, on right downstream side of bridge on Fort Spring Road at U.S. Highway 60 at Fort Spring, 1.7 miles upstream from Shannon Run, 6.5 miles west of Lexington, and at mile 42.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 24 mi² of which 2.80 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1275: 1951-52. WSP 1505: Drainage Area. WSP 1625: 1951-52 (P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1950 to September 1992, October 1997 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with crest stage gage for peak verification. . Datum of gage 833.74 ft. above NAVD 1988 datum and formerly 834.25 feet above NGVD of 1929 and . Prior to August 12, 1952, and February 18 to November 16, 1965, nonrecording gage and crest-stage gage at same site and datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,120 ft³/s, Sep. 23, 2006, gage height 12.92 ft.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE:
Maximum recorded: 28.7 °C Aug. 13, 2010
Minimum recorded: -0.06 °C Jan. 28, 2014*
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE:
Maximum recorded: 1,420 µS/cm Jan. 06, 2014 at 0300
Minimum recorded: 107 µS/cm June 05, 2014 at 0145
pH:
Maximum recorded: 8.89 units April 11, 2018 at 1845*
Minimum recorded:4.53 units February 11, 2014 0900
DISSOLVED OXYGEN:
Maximum recorded: 18.9 mg/L May 17, 2014 at 1515
Minimum recorded: 4.13 mg/L Oct. 08, 2017 at 0030
* Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset. First occurrence listed.