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Water-Year Summary for Site 03372500

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00065 Gage height(Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03372500 SALT CREEK NEAR HARRODSBURG, IN
LOCATION - Lat 39°00'17.8", long 86°30'33.1" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.34, T.7 N., R.1 W., Monroe County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05120208, on right bank 0.24 mi downstream from Monroe Lake, 0.9 mi upstream from Clear Creek, 2.2 mi southeast of Harrodsburg, and 25.7 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 432 mi². drainage area derived from the "Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams" publication
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1705: 1959. WSP 1725: 1956(M). WSP 2109: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1955 to September 1976 (discharge). October 1976 to September 2001 (discharge provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). October 2001 to current year (gage height only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 479.67 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (GNSS survey performed on 9/26/2019 by USGS personnel). 

Prior to 9/26/2019, datum of gage was 479.55 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (survey by Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources) or 480.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

Oct. 1, 1960, to Sept. 30, 1974, water-stage recorder 0.1 mi upstream from site described in "LOCATION" paragraph. Prior to Oct. 1, 1960, non-recording gage at site 0.7 mi upstream at datum 2.41 ft higher.
COOPERATION - Records of daily discharge provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers October 1976 to September 2001.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from Monroe Lake since April 1966.  

GNSS survey performed on 9/26/2019 to improve the accuracy of the gage datum.  The original NAVD88 survey done in 2012 had a high degree of uncertainty associated with it.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (October 2001 to current year) maximum gage height, 27.74 ft, February 7, 2019; minimum gage height, 5.21 ft, Aug. 21, 2002.

(May 1955 to September 1976) maximum discharge, 22,000 ft³/s, June 25, 1960, maximum gage height, 35.35 ft, May 9, 1961. No flow Sept. 29 to Dec. 2, 1964.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE:August 1966 to September 1967; October 1968 to September 1976 and September 1988 to current year.