This site can be affected by variable backwater. During certain flows, discharge at this site is calculated by a complex method that uses the water surface slope between a Base and Auxiliary station.

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Continuous data

2 data types available - data from 2002-10-01 to 2026-08-23

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 1939-10-01 to 2026-08-22

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1926-05-22 to 2026-03-25

Discrete sample data

56 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1983-08-25 to 1983-08-25

1 Sampling activities

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2 data types available - with data from 1911-04-07 to 2025-04-06

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1 data types available - data from 1939-10-01 to 2026-08-22

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	03284500	n/a
Location name	KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 8 NEAR CAMP NELSON, KY	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	37.7453571530884	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-84.5866074484939	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from map	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
District	Kentucky	21
State	Kentucky	21
County	Jessamine County	113
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	520.18 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.05 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Kentucky	05100205
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	4414 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Kentucky River at Lock 8 Near Camp Nelson, KY - USGS-03284500