USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03250100 NORTH FORK TRIPLETT CREEK NEAR MOREHEAD, KY
LOCATION - Lat 38°11'57", long 83°28'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Rowan County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100101, on the downstream side of bridge on State Highway 32 at Morehead, 6.2 miles upstream from Triplett Creek, and 2.0 miles downstream from Big Brushy Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 84.7 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - 02/04/2022-02/15/2022: Part of the period's discharge record below 993 cfs was affected by adjustments to two positively-biased measurements (320/321). Corrections were made, the two measurements were unpublished, and flows were adjusted to align with measurement 322. Revised discharges are less than originally approved.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1967 to September 1992, July 2012 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum is 677.40 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 678.03 ft above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum Discharge 14900 cfs (estimated) on June 24, 2017; maximum gage height 22.42 feet on June 24, 2017.