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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-23 1981-09-17
Information Water-quality 1974-10-23 1993-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-07-13 1993-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-05-22 1993-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-04-07 1993-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1965-05-22 1993-06-10
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-10-23 1993-06-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-05-22 1993-06-10
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1976-11-11 1982-05-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-23 1985-11-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1975-05-29 1982-05-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1939-10-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-23 1981-09-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-17 1990-04-10
Sediment Water-quality 1974-10-23 1993-06-10
n/a Peak Measurements 1908-04-03 1977-04-07
n/a Site Visits 1937-01-23 1992-02-05
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03215000 is associated with a Stream in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1908 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03215000 n/a
Site name
BIG SANDY R AT LOUISA, KY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381016 n/a
DMS longitude 0823805 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.17119708 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.6346023 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Kentucky 21
State
Kentucky 21
County
Lawrence County 127
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 512.13 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .07 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05070201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
3897.0 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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