USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 03293500

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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Min.,Mean,Max.)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Min.,Med.,Max.)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Max.,Mean,Min.)

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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

03293500 MIDDLE FORK BEARGRASS CREEK AT LEXINGTON ROAD AT LOUISVILLE, KY

LOCATION - Lat 38°15'01", long 85°43'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jefferson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05140101, on downstream right end of bridge on Lexington Road at Louisville, 0.86 miles upstream from South Fork Beargrass Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 24.8 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2014 to current year. pH: October 2014 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: July 2003 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: July 2003 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. 430.50 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 431.00 ft above NGVD of 1929.

COOPERATION - Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Maximum gage height 19.60 ft on September 23, 2006; maximum discharge 3,740 ft³/s on September 23, 2006.

New maximum discharge of 4,400 cfs on 02/25/2018, with an associated gage height of 19.44 ft.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2014 to current.

pH: October 2014 to current.

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2006 to current.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2006 to current.

TURBIDITY: February 2023 to current.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 2240 microsiemens, Jan 12, 2025; minimum recorded, 83 microsiemens, July 27, 2016.

pH: Maximum recorded, 8.8 units, April 7, 2018; minimum recorded, 6.6 units, August 27, 2019.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.7°C, August 9, 2007; minimum recorded, -0.4°C, January 3, 2008.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 20.6 mg/L, June, 21, 2022; minimum recorded, 0.0 mg/L, February 19, 2014*.

TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, 370FNU, June 26, 2024; minimum recorded, 0.9 FNU, September 23, 2023.

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

Other extremes may have occurred during periods of non-published record.