USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 03298150

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	00010 Temperature, water(Mean,Max.)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Min.,Mean,Max.)
	00400 pH(Max.,Min.,Med.)

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03298150 CHENOWETH RUN AT GELHAUS LANE NEAR FERN CREEK, KY

LOCATION - Lat 38°09'36", long 85°32'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jefferson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05140102, at bridge on Gelhaus Lane near Fern Creek, 100 feet upstream of Razor Branch, and at mile 2.3.

DRAINAGE AREA - 11.6 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1996 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of Gage is 533.27 ft. NGVD 1929.

COOPERATION - Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District.

REMARKS -

10/01/2015-09/30/2016: Records good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor. Diversions by a package treatment plant about 2.0 miles upstream

10/01/2016-12/26/2017: Records good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor. Diversions by a package treatment plant about 2.0 miles upstream.

12/26/2017 to current: discharge record is fair unless estimated, then it is poor. Diversions by a package treatment plant about 2.0 miles upstream.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2006 to current.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2006 to current.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2014 to current.

pH: October 2014 to current.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 2610 microsiemens/cm, 2/16/2016* ; minimum recorded, 79 microsiemens/cm, 7/27/2016*.

pH: Maximum recorded, 9.7 units, 4/01/2015*; minimum recorded, 7.5 units, 09/29/2015*.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 33.9°C, July 24, 2016*; minimum recorded, -1.8°C, January 29, 2014.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 23.8 mg/L, January 3, 2008; minimum recorded, 0.3 mg/L, May 21, 2014.

* Multiple occurrences of the same extreme. First occurrence listed.

Other extremes may have occurred during periods of non-published record.