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

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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03301900 FERN CREEK AT OLD BARDSTOWN ROAD AT LOUISVILLE, KY

LOCATION - Lat 38°10'32", long 85°36'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jefferson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05140102, on right upstream wingwall at bridge on Old Bardstown Road at Louisville, and at mile 3.2.

DRAINAGE AREA - 3.50 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1991 to October 1995, (medium and high flows only), September 1997 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage 550.74 feet above NGVD of 1929.

COOPERATION - Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District.

REMARKS - 10/01/2013-09/30/2015: Records fair except for estimated daily discharges which are poor. Flow partially regulated by sewage treatment plant upstream.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height 7.83 ft. on October 5, 2013; maximum discharge 4250 ft³/s on October 5, 2013. Lowest daily mean discharge 0.07 ft³/s on September 1, 2011.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2006 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2006 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2014 to current year. pH: October 2014 to current year.

COOPERATION - Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor with telemetry.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 4,060 microsiemens, February 21, 2015; minimum recorded, 54 microsiemens, April 3, 2015. pH: Maximum recorded, 8.8 units, March 30, 2015; minimum recorded, 6.8 units, August 15, 2016. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 27.5°C, August 9, 2016; minimum recorded, 0.0°C, on many days during period of record. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 23.8 mg/L, April 4, 2010; minimum recorded, 2.8 mg/L, April 24-25, 2007, April 21, 2013. Other extremes may have occurred during periods of non-published record.