USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 03303280

USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

03303280 OHIO RIVER AT CANNELTON DAM, KY

LOCATION - Lat 37°53'58", long 86°42'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Perry County, IN, Hydrologic Unit 05140201, at Cannelton Dam on Ohio River at Cannelton, In., 0.7 miles upstream from Indian Creek, 3.3 miles upstream from Lead Creek and at mile 720.8.

DRAINAGE AREA - 97,000 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1975 to current year.

GAGE -

Water-stage recorders for Tailwater and Headwater.

Datum of Headwater gage, located at the end of the upstream Lock wall, is 372.98 feet above NAVD of 1988, 373.33 ft above NGVD of 1929, and 374.00 ft above Ohio River Datum (COE 1912).

Datum of Tailwater gage, located at the end of the downstream Lock wall, is 346.98 feet above NAVD of 1988, 347.33 ft above NGVD of 1929, and 348.00 above Ohio River Datum (COE 1912). This is considered the primary gage.

COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.

REMARKS - Daily discharge computed from headwater stage, gate openings, and hydroelectric plant flow furnished by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. Flow regulated by Ohio River system of locks, dams, and reservoirs upstream from station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum instantaneous gage height, 52.42' on March 8, 1997; maximum instantaneous discharge, 768000 ft³/s on Feb. 26, 2018. Lowest daily mean, 1570 ft³/s on August 30, 2015.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -

Water years 1975 to 1986 and 1996 to undetermined date.

July 2019/2020- November 2019/2020.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1974 to September 1986. WATER TEMPERATURES: October 1974 to September 1986.

July 2019/2020- November 2019/2020 WaterTemperature, Specific Conductance, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Turbidity, FDOM, Blue-green Algae, and Chlorophyll.

REMARKS -

Flow regulated by Ohio River system of locks, dams, and reservoirs. (National stream-quality accounting network station).

July 2019/2020 - November 2019/2020 Hazardous Algal Bloom Pilot Studies.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum daily recorded, 691 microsiemens, November 14, 1978; minimum daily recorded, 176 microsiemens, December 15, 1978. WATER TEMPERATURES: Maximum daily recorded, 30.0°C, July 23-24, 1977, August 5, 1982, several days in July and August 1983; minimum daily recorded, 0.0°C, on several days during most winter months.

WATER TEMPERATURES: Maximum recorded, 30.9°C, July 29, 2020; minimum recorded, 10.1°C, November 19, 2019*

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum recorded, 518 microsiemens, October 25, 2019*; minimum recorded, 2021-07-11 *317 microsiemens

pH: Maximum recorded, 8.6 units, October 23, 2019*; minimum recorded, 7.4 units September 4, 2020*.

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum recorded, 12.1 mg/L, August 8, 2020; minimum recorded, 4.7 mg/L, August 21, 2020*.

TURBIDITY: Maximum recorded, 165 FNU, August 13, 2019; minimum recorded, 0.6 FNU, August 0.6, 2021.

Phycocyanin (ug/L): Minimum: 0 ug/L on August 13, 2020, Maximum: 11.6 ug/L on August 08, 2020

Phycocyanin (RFU): Minimum: 0 RFU on August 13, 2020*, Maximum: 1.2 RFU on July 18, 2020*

Chlorophyll (ug/L): Min: 0.7 ug/L on October 01, 2020*, Max: 22.5 ug/L on August 08, 2020

Chlorophyll (RFU): Min: 0.1 on October 01, 2020*, Max: 5.5 on August 08, 2020

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

	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Mean,Min.,Max.)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Mean,Min.)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Min.,Mean,Max.)
	00400 pH(Min.,Med.,Max.)
	32315 Relative fChl, water, in situ(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	32316 fChl, water, in situ(Max.,Mean,Min.)
	32319 fPC, water, in situ(Max.,Mean,Min.)
	32321 Relative fPC, water, in situ(Max.,Mean,Min.)
	63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Med.,Max.,Min.,Mean)