USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03249505 LICKING RIVER AT HIGHWAY 60 AT FARMERS, KY
LOCATION - Lat 38°08'24", long 83°33'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Rowan County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100101, on right bank on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 60, 250 feet upstream from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway bridge, 0.75 miles west of Farmers, 1.1 miles upstream from Triplett Creek, and 3.45 miles downstream from Farmers base gage.
DRAINAGE AREA - 831 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Nonrecording gage July 2, 1938 to Sept. 30, 1944. Oct. 1, 1944 to Oct. 11, 1960, nonrecording gage 0.35 mi upstream and Oct. 12,
1960 to Oct. 20, 1965, nonrecording gage 0.65 mi upstream at datum 5.90 ft higher. Flows less than 5,000 ft³/s published Oct. 1, 2003 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telemetry. Datum is 645.93 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 646.55 ft above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.