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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03286200 DIX RIVER AT DIX DAM NEAR BURGIN, KY
LOCATION - Lat 37°47'35", long 84°42'22" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Mercer County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, on left bank 2,900 feet below Dix River Dam (Herrington Lake, 03286000) near Burgin, and 2.4 miles upstream from the Kentucky River.
DRAINAGE AREA - 439 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2009 to current year.
GAGE - Outflow from Dix Dam, used for low discharge gate calibration and leakage monitoring, with water-stage recorder/telemetry. Datum of gage is 511.635 (KU Datum). Miscellaneous measurements at various times 1913-1948. Water temperature record from 1962-1978.
COOPERATION - Kentucky Utilities, Kentucky River Authority, and Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Dix Dam (Herrington Lake 03286000).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge 2100 ft³/s on February 20, 2014; maximum gage height 38.83' (BW) on May 3, 2010. Lowest daily mean discharge 40 ft³/s on November 17, 2012.
