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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

03289000 SOUTH ELKHORN CREEK AT FORT SPRING, KY

LOCATION - Lat 38°02'35", long 84°37'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Fayette County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05100205, on right downstream side of bridge on Fort Spring Road at U.S. Highway 60 at Fort Spring, 1.7 miles upstream from Shannon Run, 6.5 miles west of Lexington, and at mile 42.6.

DRAINAGE AREA - 24 mi² of which 2.80 mi² probably is noncontributing.

REVISIONS HISTORY -

WSP 1275: 1951-52. WSP 1505: Drainage Area. WSP 1625: 1951-52 (P).

Datum of gage was previously reported as 834.25 ft above NGVD of 1929. This datum was revised to 834.71 above NGVD of 1929 on Nov 30, 2022.

Discharge values October 26-29, 2023.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1950 to September 1992, October 1997 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with crest stage gage for peak verification. Datum is 834.20 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 834.71 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to August 12, 1952, and February 18 to November 16, 1965, nonrecording gage and crest-stage gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 5,120 ft³/s, Sep. 23, 2006, gage height 12.92 ft.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 06, 2017 - July 13, 2018

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE:

Maximum recorded: 28.7 °C Aug. 13, 2010

Minimum recorded: -0.06 °C Jan. 28, 2014*

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE:

Maximum recorded: 1,420 µS/cm Jan. 06, 2014 at 0300

Minimum recorded: 107 µS/cm June 05, 2014 at 0145

pH:

Maximum recorded: 8.89 units April 11, 2018 at 1845*

Minimum recorded:4.53 units February 11, 2014 0900

DISSOLVED OXYGEN:

Maximum recorded: 18.9 mg/L May 17, 2014 at 1515

Minimum recorded: 4.13 mg/L Oct. 08, 2017 at 0030

* Multiple occurrences of the same extreme in selected dataset. First occurrence listed.