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This is a flood alert gage which is not the same as a standard USGS Streamgage. The data supplied at this location is for rapid alerts for the public during flood events. These data do not meet the accuracy of a standard USGS Streamgage.

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2024-07-23 2024-11-21
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Monitoring location 371144082383401 is associated with a Stream in Letcher County, Kentucky. Current conditions of Gage height and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2024 are available online.

This is a flood alert gage which is not the same as a standard USGS Streamgage. The data supplied at this location is for rapid alerts for the public during flood events. These data do not meet the accuracy of a standard USGS Streamgage.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
371144082383401 n/a
Site name
ELKHORN CREEK AT BARNHILL RD NR DUNHAM, KY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371144.58 n/a
DMS longitude 0823834.36 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.19571667 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.6428778 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
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
Letcher County 133
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 1609.32 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .72 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
n/a
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20240129 n/a
Drainage area
1.4 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
Unchecked data. U
Data-other GW files 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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