USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

03314500 BARREN RIVER AT BOWLING GREEN, KY

LOCATION - Lat 37°00'10", long 86°25'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Warren County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05110002, on downstream left wingwall of KY 31-W bridge, 1,700 feet downstream from the College Street bridge at Bowling Green, 6.1 miles downstream from Drakes Creek, and 8.9 miles upstream from Jennings Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA - 1,849 mi² of which 487 mi² probably is noncontributing.

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1385; 1943, 1945, 1946(M). WRD KY-80-1; Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1938 to September 1994, March 2002 to current year. Gage-height records collected in vicinity since 1901 are published in reports of National Weather Service (prior to 1940 records are for site about 7 miles downstream and are fragmentary prior to July 1924).

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with telemetry. Datum is 409.16 feet above NAVD of 1988 and 409.83 ft above NGVD of 1929.  Prior to June 21, 1944, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, City of Bowling Green, and the USGS Federal Priority Streamgages program.

REMARKS - Regulation from city water plant upstream and Barren River Lake.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of January 8, 1913, reached a stage of 52.2 feet from floodmarks.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 56,900 ft³/sec, gage height, 43.69 ft, May 3, 2010; minimum discharge,  ft³/sec, gage height ft