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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03301000 BEECH FORK AT BARDSTOWN, KY
LOCATION - Lat 37°47'49", long 85°28'51" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Nelson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05140103, near center of span on downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 31E, 0.1 miles downstream from Rowan Creek, 1.0 mile southwest of Bardstown, and at mile 20.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 669 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1705: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1939 to September 1974; converted to a crest-stage partial-record station. Monthly discharge only for October, November 1939, published in WSP 1305. October 1997 to September 1999 and January 2001 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.  Datum is 438.66 feet above NAVD of 1988. formerly 439.30 feet above NGVD of 1929.
COOPERATION - City of Bardstown.
REMARKS - During periods of low flow, the City of Bardstown occasionally diverts flow for the municipal water supply. Some of this water is returned to stream by sewer outfall, located 300 feet upstream of the gage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 42,500 ft³/s, May 3, 2010, gage height, 47.13 ft.