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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03282000 KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 14 AT HEIDELBERG, KY
LOCATION - Lat 37°33'11", long 83°46'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Lee County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100204,

on right bank 200 feet upstream from Lock 14 at Heidelberg, 0.3 miles upstream from Sturgeon Creek, 5.0 miles downstream from Beattyville and at mile 249.2.

Boat Ramp: 37°33'00"N, 83°46'23"W

DRAINAGE AREA - 2,657 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1385: 1926-27, 1928(M), 1929, 1931(M), 1937, 1939(M), drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1925 to September 1931, December 1936 to February 1937, July 1938 to current year. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1902 are published in reports of National Weather Service.
GAGE - Fixed weir dam with water-stage recorder, full series of staffs, and crest stage gage.  Datum is 625.39 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 625.77 ft above NGVD of 1929.  Prior to September 2, 1939, nonrecording gage at Lock 14 at same datum.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District and Kentucky River Authority.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Buckhorn Lake beginning December 1960 (station 03280800), and by Carr Fork Lake beginning January 1976 (station 03277446). Small diversions by City of Lexington waterworks.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height 35.60 ft. on February 4, 1939; maximum discharge 120000 ft³/s on February 4, 1939. Minimum instantaneous flow 4.0 ft³/s on October 20, 1930.