USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03318010 ROUGH RIVER AT ROUGH RIVER DAM NEAR FALLS OF ROUGH, KY
LOCATION - Lat 37°37'19", long 86°30'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Grayson County, KY, Hydrologic Unit 05110004, on right bank 800 feet downstream from Rough River Dam, 1.5 miles upstream from Cane Run, 3.1 miles upstream from Rock Lick Creek, 3.5 miles northeast of Falls of Rough, and at mile 89.2.
DRAINAGE AREA - 454 mi² of which 107 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
COOPERATION - U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - July 1962 to current year.
COOPERATION - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.
INSTRUMENTATION - 10-parameter EXO sonde [WT, SPC, pH, DO, TURB, CHY (ug/L and RFU), and BGA (ug/L and RFU)]
and on
04/13/2016 a Nitratax nitrate monitor was installed.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - Water Temperature: Maximum recorded, 29.0°C, July 7, 2002; minimum recorded, 2.0°C, January 3-4, 2001.
Dissolved Oxygen: Maximum recorded, 13.1 mg/L, January 29, 2016; minimum recorded, 2.9 mg/L, August 18, 2016.
pH: Maximum recorded, 8.0 units, February 02, 2016 (and others); minimum recorded, 6.8 units, July 12, 2016 (and others).
Specific Conductance: Maximum recorded, 267 uS/cm, May 27, 2016; minimum recorded, 167 uS/cm, March 31, 2016.
Turbidity: Maximum recorded, 40 FNU, June 21, 2016; minimum recorded, 0.3 FNU, June 05, 2016 (and others).
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR -
Water Temperature: Maximum recorded, 27.3°C, July 29, 2016; minimum recorded, 2.7°C, January 23, 25, 2016.
Dissolved Oxygen: Maximum recorded, 13.1 mg/L, January 29, 2016; minimum recorded, 2.9 mg/L, August 18, 2016.
pH: Maximum recorded, 8.0 units, February 02, 2016 (and others); minimum recorded, 6.8 units, July 12, 2016 (and others).
Specific Conductance: Maximum recorded, 267 uS/cm, May 27, 2016; minimum recorded, 167 uS/cm, March 31, 2016.
Turbidity: Maximum recorded, 40 FNU, June 21, 2016; minimum recorded, 0.3 FNU, June 05, 2016 (and others).