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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03287250 KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 5 NEAR TYRONE, KY
LOCATION - Lat 38°03'10.1", long 84°49'52.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Woodford County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, 1 mile north of Tyrone at Lock 5, 2.4 miles downstream from Bailey's Run, 1.5 miles upstream from Sharps Branch, and at mile 82.2.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,225 mi² of which 112 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2003 to current year.
GAGE - Fixed weir dam with water-stage recorder, and crest stage gage. Datum is 473.22 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 473.73 ft above NGVD of 1929. Datum of Auxiliary gage is 476.81 feet above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - Kentucky River Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.
REMARKS - Flow regulated since November 1925 by Herrington Lake (station 03286000), since December 1960 by Buckhorn Lake (station 03280800), since January 1976 by Carr Fork Lake (station 03277446), and by hydroelectric plant at Lock 7.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height 44.30 ft. on May 4, 2010; maximum discharge 105000 ft³/s on May 4, 2010. Lowest daily mean discharge 109 ft³/s on September 25, 2008.
