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

03298250 CEDAR CREEK AT THIXTON ROAD NEAR LOUISVILLE, KY

LOCATION - Lat 38°04'45", long 85°36'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Jefferson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05140102, at downstream side of culvert on Thixton Road at Louisville, 4.2 miles upstream from Pennsylvania Run, and at mile 7.4.

DRAINAGE AREA - 11.1 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1999 to September 2002, October 2005 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 549.77 feet above NGVD of 1929.

COOPERATION - Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District.

REMARKS - 10/01/2013-09/30/2015: Records good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor. 10/01/2016-04/19/2018: Records good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,530 ft³/s, Apr. 3, 2015, gage height 9.10 ft.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2014 to current year.

pH: October 2014 to current year.

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2006 to current year.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2006 to current year.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 1,230 microsiemens/cm, March 25, 2018; minimum recorded, 28 microsiemens/cm, April 3, 2015.

pH: Maximum recorded, 9.7 pH units, March 25, 2017; minimum recorded, 6.7 pH units, May 17, 2018.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 29.7°C, August 16, 2007*; minimum recorded, -0.1°C, January 7, 23-24, 28-30, 2014.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 23.1 mg/L, April 17, 2009; minimum recorded, 0.0 mg/L, September 1, 21, 22, 2013.

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

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