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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-05-11 1995-08-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-04-28 1980-09-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-04-28 1981-09-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-04-08 1975-04-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-04-28 1981-09-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-04-28 1980-09-09
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-07-17 1980-07-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1938-04-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1978-12-09 1981-09-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1937-02-01 2023-02-17
n/a Site Visits 1938-04-23 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03216500 is associated with a Stream in Carter County, Kentucky. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1937 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03216500 n/a
Site name
LITTLE SANDY RIVER AT GRAYSON, KY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381948 n/a
DMS longitude 0825622 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.3300813 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.9393353 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
Carter County 043
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 557.03 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05090104
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
400.0 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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