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Barren River at Barren River Lake Observed crest: 542.7 ft at 7:00am Feb 09 Observed: 541.08 ft at 7:00am Jan 31 Observed: 540.17 ft at 7:00am Feb 1 Observed: 539.2 ft at 7:00am Feb 2 Observed: 538.23 ft at 7:00am Feb 3 Observed: 537.36 ft at 7:00am Feb 4 Observed: 537.13 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 539.99 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 541.92 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 542.48 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 542.7 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Graph Created (10:25am Feb 9, 2010) Observed US Army Corps of Engineers BRRK2 (plotting HPIRZ) Gage 0 Datum: n/a Latest observed value: 542.7 ft at 7:00 AM EST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 590.0 ft. Pool (ft)
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Barren River at Barren River Lake. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:590
Moderate Flood Stage:590
Flood Stage:590
Action Stage:590

Historical Crests
(1) 583.00 ft on 03/08/1989
(2) 582.00 ft on 05/24/1983
(3) 580.80 ft on 04/18/1994
(4) 579.40 ft on 05/11/1984
(5) 578.90 ft on 12/01/1978
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Low Water Records
(1) 515.1 ft on 12/13/1965

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618.0 Top of dam.
590.0 Spillway elevation.
573.0 Quarry Road access road and upper parking lot flood, Bailey's Point access road floods.
572.0 State Park upper parking lot and boat ramp flood.
568.0 Browns Ford parking lot floods.
565.0 Bailey's Point camp loop road floods, some sites unusable.
564.0 State Park golf course floods.
561.0 Walnut Creek Marina parking lot floods.
560.0 Access road to Girl Scout Camp floods.
557.0 Bailey's Point ramp and Quarry Road parking lot floods.
554.0 State Park beach closes.
552.0 Summer Pool.
547.0 State Park and Quarry Road swim areas dry.
536.0 Browns Ford ramp unusable.
531.0 Beaver Creek ramp unusable.
530.0 Walnut Creek ramp unusable.
525.0 Winter Pool.

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Latitude: 36.895000° N, Longitude: 86.133888° W, Horizontal Datum:

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 590 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 N/A 590 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

Other Data Sources:
Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Barren River Lake
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Barren River Lake

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