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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03282120 KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 12 NEAR IRVINE, KY
LOCATION - Lat 37°40'42", long 83°56'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Estill County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, on right upstream bank of Lock 12 at Irvine, 2.4 miles upstream from Station Camp Creek, 4.7 miles downstream from Millers Creek, and at mile 220.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,916 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2000 to current year.
GAGE - Fixed weir dam with water-stage recorder/telemetry, full range of staffs, and crest stage gage. Datum is 589.93 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 590.53 ft above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - 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 discharge 86,300 ft^3/s, Mar 2, 2021; gage height 40.30 (from High Water Mark).
