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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03253500 LICKING RIVER AT CATAWBA, KY
LOCATION - Lat 38°42'37", long 84°18'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Pendleton County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100101, on left bank 1.0 mile southeast of Catawba, 1.5 miles upstream from Kincaid Creek, 2.3 miles north of Falmouth, and at mile 48.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,300 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 853: 1937. WSP 1003: 1943. WSP 1385: 1942. WSP 1705: Drainage.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1914 to July 1920 (January 1914 to July 1915 and October 1917 to July 1920, gage heights only), July 1928 to current year. Published as "at Falmouth" 1914-16. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1887 are published in reports of the National Weather Service.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 500.01 feet above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). January 1, 1914 to July 31, 1916, nonrecording gage at site 3.8 miles upstream at datum 12.2 feet higher. July 14, 1916 to July 5, 1920, nonrecording gage at site 1.4 miles downstream at present datum.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District and Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.
REMARKS - Flow regulated since December 1973 by Cave Run Lake (station 03249498).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum Discharge, 110,000 ft³s, Mar. 3, 1997, gage height, 57.57 ft.
