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Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY

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By Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center August 25, 2020

High Water Mark

41 feet on March 23, 2003

Water-quality “super” gages (also known as “sentry” gages) provide real-time, continuous measurements of the physical and chemical characteristics of stream water at or near selected U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. A super gage includes streamflow and water-quality instrumentation and representative stream sample collection for laboratory analysis. USGS scientists can use statistical surrogate models to relate instrument values to analyzed chemical concentrations at a super gage. Real-time, continuous and laboratory-analyzed concentration and load data are publicly accessible on USGS Web pages.

Available Data

Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY - gage house

USGS Station ID: 03290500

Stream Data: Gage height, discharge

Water-Quality Data: Water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nitrate plus nitrite

Atmospheric Data: Precipitation

Station Description

Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY - map of the gage location

Latitude: 38°26'20"

Longitude: 84°57'48"

Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC): 05100205

Datum: 433.36 feet above NGVD29

Drainage Area: 6,180.0 square miles

County: Henry County (Kentucky)

Site managed by: Louisville Office

Station Funding

Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY - upper gates

This station is operated and maintained in cooperation with the Kentucky River Authority, United States Army Corp of Engineers - Louisville District, and the Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program.

Hydrologic Conditions

 

Sample Collection and Use

 

why Continuous Monitoring is Important

Below are multimedia items associated with this project.

No results found.

Below are publications associated with this project.

Real-time, continuous water-quality monitoring in Indiana and Kentucky Real-time, continuous water-quality monitoring in Indiana and Kentucky

Water-quality “super” gages (also known as “sentry” gages) provide real-time, continuous measurements of the physical and chemical characteristics of stream water at or near selected U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in Indiana and Kentucky. A super gage includes streamflow and water-quality instrumentation and representative stream sample collection for laboratory analysis. USGS
Authors
Megan E. Shoda, Timothy R. Lathrop, Martin R. Risch
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Guidelines and Procedures for Computing Time-Series Suspended-Sediment Concentrations and Loads from In-Stream Turbidity-Sensor and Streamflow Data Guidelines and Procedures for Computing Time-Series Suspended-Sediment Concentrations and Loads from In-Stream Turbidity-Sensor and Streamflow Data

In-stream continuous turbidity and streamflow data, calibrated with measured suspended-sediment concentration data, can be used to compute a time series of suspended-sediment concentration and load at a stream site. Development of a simple linear (ordinary least squares) regression model for computing suspended-sediment concentrations from instantaneous turbidity data is the first step...
Authors
Patrick P. Rasmussen, John R. Gray, G. Douglas Glysson, Andrew C. Ziegler
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Central Plains Water Science Center

Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting

The U.S. Geological Survey uses continuous water-quality monitors to assess the quality of the Nation's surface water. A common monitoring-system configuration for water-quality data collection is the four-parameter monitoring system, which collects temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and pH data. Such systems also can be configured to measure other properties, such as...
Authors
Richard J. Wagner, Robert W. Boulger, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Brett A. Smith
By
Water Resources Mission Area

Water-quality “super” gages (also known as “sentry” gages) provide real-time, continuous measurements of the physical and chemical characteristics of stream water at or near selected U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. A super gage includes streamflow and water-quality instrumentation and representative stream sample collection for laboratory analysis. USGS scientists can use statistical surrogate models to relate instrument values to analyzed chemical concentrations at a super gage. Real-time, continuous and laboratory-analyzed concentration and load data are publicly accessible on USGS Web pages.

Available Data

Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY - gage house

USGS Station ID: 03290500

Stream Data: Gage height, discharge

Water-Quality Data: Water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nitrate plus nitrite

Atmospheric Data: Precipitation

Station Description

Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY - map of the gage location

Latitude: 38°26'20"

Longitude: 84°57'48"

Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC): 05100205

Datum: 433.36 feet above NGVD29

Drainage Area: 6,180.0 square miles

County: Henry County (Kentucky)

Site managed by: Louisville Office

Station Funding

Kentucky River at Lock 2 at Lockport KY - upper gates

This station is operated and maintained in cooperation with the Kentucky River Authority, United States Army Corp of Engineers - Louisville District, and the Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program.

Hydrologic Conditions

 

Sample Collection and Use

 

why Continuous Monitoring is Important

Below are multimedia items associated with this project.

No results found.

Below are publications associated with this project.

Real-time, continuous water-quality monitoring in Indiana and Kentucky Real-time, continuous water-quality monitoring in Indiana and Kentucky

Water-quality “super” gages (also known as “sentry” gages) provide real-time, continuous measurements of the physical and chemical characteristics of stream water at or near selected U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in Indiana and Kentucky. A super gage includes streamflow and water-quality instrumentation and representative stream sample collection for laboratory analysis. USGS
Authors
Megan E. Shoda, Timothy R. Lathrop, Martin R. Risch
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Guidelines and Procedures for Computing Time-Series Suspended-Sediment Concentrations and Loads from In-Stream Turbidity-Sensor and Streamflow Data Guidelines and Procedures for Computing Time-Series Suspended-Sediment Concentrations and Loads from In-Stream Turbidity-Sensor and Streamflow Data

In-stream continuous turbidity and streamflow data, calibrated with measured suspended-sediment concentration data, can be used to compute a time series of suspended-sediment concentration and load at a stream site. Development of a simple linear (ordinary least squares) regression model for computing suspended-sediment concentrations from instantaneous turbidity data is the first step...
Authors
Patrick P. Rasmussen, John R. Gray, G. Douglas Glysson, Andrew C. Ziegler
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Central Plains Water Science Center

Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting

The U.S. Geological Survey uses continuous water-quality monitors to assess the quality of the Nation's surface water. A common monitoring-system configuration for water-quality data collection is the four-parameter monitoring system, which collects temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and pH data. Such systems also can be configured to measure other properties, such as...
Authors
Richard J. Wagner, Robert W. Boulger, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Brett A. Smith
By
Water Resources Mission Area
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