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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03284500 KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 8 NEAR CAMP NELSON, KY
LOCATION - Lat 37°44'43", long 84°35'12" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jessamine County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, on right bank at Lock 8, 1.5 miles downstream from Davis Creek, 1.8 miles upstream from Canoe Creek, 2.4 miles southeast of Camp Nelson, and at mile 139.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,414 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1939 to September 1971. July 2002 to current year.
GAGE - Fixed weir dam with water-stage recorder. Datum is 520.18 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 520.51 ft above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - Kentucky River Authority.
REMARKS -

Dam under reconstruction 10/1/2013 to 3/1/2017.  No flow data available 10/1/13 to 10/25/2017.  Flow regulated by Buckhorn Lake beginning December 1960 (station 03280800), and by Carr Fork Lake beginning January 1976 (station 03277446), Small diversion by City of Lexington Waterworks.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height 46.02 ft. on May 3, 2010; maximum discharge 92800 ft³/s on March 2, 1962. Lowest daily mean discharge 3.9 ft³/s on October 1, 2007.