Welcome to Murray State University's Hancock Biological Station/Center for Reservoir Research's KENTUCKY LAKE site. Below you will find the present water conditions for Kentucky Lake within the past half hour. You can look at the changes over the past day, week, or month by selecting the parameters and the time period at the left side of this page. Under Monitoring Sites, you can select parameters for water at the lake surface (1 meter depth = about 3 feet) or 1 meter off the bottom.
Click here to learn more about what each of parameters mean.
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Retrieve Average Daily Data From
Water Quality Monitoring Station Data Archives:

Monitoring Sites:

Lake Surface Lake Bottom

Output Format:

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Parameters (select one or more):

Temperature (°F)

Temperature (°C)

Specific Conductance (µS/cm)

Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)

pH (SU)

Oxidation-Reduction Potential (mV)

Turbidity (NTU)

Chlorophyll a (µg/L)
       surface site only

Lake Elevation (fsl)

Battery Charge (V)

Display Data:

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PARAMETER

SURFACE
at 0.615 meters depth

Date and Time

09/06/2008 12:31 AM

09/06/2008 12:31 AM

Water Temperature
(degrees Fahrenheit)

80.47
°F

80.49
°F

Water Temperature
(degrees Celsius)

26.93
°C

26.94
°C

Specific Conductance
(microsiemens per centimeter)

173
µS/cm

179
µS/cm

Dissolved Oxygen
(milligrams per liter)

5.10
mg/L

5.82
mg/L

pH
(standard pH units)

7.18

7.32

Oxidation-Reduction Potential
(millivolts)

154
mV

411
mV

Turbidity
(nephlometric turbidity units)

126.84
NTU

140.64
NTU

Chlorophyll a
(micrograms per liter)

5.4
µg/L

Lake Elevation
(feet above sea level)

355.75
fsl

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This site was designed by Karla Johnston at the Center for Reservoir Research, Murray State University.

Thanks to Dave McKenna, Casey Workman, and Mark Ballard at MSU Information Systems for Assistance.