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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-02-02 1992-02-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1972-08-25 1992-02-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1972-12-08 1990-12-30
n/a Site Visits 1972-08-25 1992-02-21
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03216540 is associated with a Stream in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Water data back to 1972 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03216540 n/a
Site name
EAST FORK LITTLE SANDY RIVER NEAR FALLSBURG, KY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381401 n/a
DMS longitude 0824232 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.233695 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.7087717 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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 661.4 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05090104
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
12.20 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