Kentucky River at Lock 4 at Frankfort, KY

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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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	03287500	_n/a
Site name	KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 4 AT FRANKFORT, KY	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	381240.8	_n/a
DMS longitude	0845226.8	_n/a
Decimal latitude	38.2113333	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-84.8741111	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Kentucky	21
State	Kentucky	21
County	Franklin County	073
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	461.58 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Kentucky	05100205
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	5411.0 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	5292.00 square miles	_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	452107100	_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

City of Frankfort

Kentucky River Authority

US Army Corps of Engineers - Louisville District

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages