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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Mean,Max.,Min.)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Mean,Min.,Max.)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Min.,Max.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Max.,Min.,Med.)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

03298000 FLOYDS FORK AT FISHERVILLE, KY

LOCATION - Lat 38°11'18", long 85°27'37" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jefferson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05140102, on left bank on downstream side of bridge on former State Highway 155 at Fisherville, 0.2 miles downstream from Brush Run, 1.4 miles upstream from Pope Lick, and at mile 32.7.

DRAINAGE AREA - 138 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1275: 1946. WSP 1909: 1945(P), 1948(P), 1960(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1944 to current year. Monthly discharge only for August 1944, published in WSP 1305.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with max/min float clips. Datum of gage is 542.60 feet above NGVD of 1929, from benchmark elevation supplied by Park Aerial Survey.

COOPERATION - Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District.

REMARKS - Diversions by local golf course for irrigation. Record is fair except estimated discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of January 1937 reached a stage of 16.8 feet, from floodmark.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum instantaneous discharge, 42100 ft³/s on March 2, 1997; maximum instantaneous gage height, 17.39' on March 2, 1997. Lowest daily mean discharge, 0.00 ft³/s on September 7, 1945.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2006 to current year.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2014 to current year.

pH: October 2014 to current year.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2006 to current year.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 780 microsiemens/cm, November 26, 2016; minimum recorded, 102 microsiemens/cm, April 3, 2015.

pH: Maximum recorded, 9.2 pH units, December 20, 2015*; minimum recorded, 5.0 pH units, November 18, 2015*.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 32.9°C, August 4, 2010; minimum recorded, -0.3°C, January 14, 17-19, 2018.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 21.6 mg/L, January 23, 2011; minimum recorded, 1.6 mg/L, July 20, 2011. Other extremes may have occurred during periods of non-published record.

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