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3 data types available - data from 1960-10-01 to 1992-09-29

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73 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1961-06-13 to 1992-07-07

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3 data types available - data from 1960-10-01 to 1992-09-29

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	03209300	n/a
Location name	RUSSELL FORK AT ELKHORN CITY, KY	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	37.3039971658	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-82.3429236246787	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	Pike County	195
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	773 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from topographic map.	M
Altitude accuracy	1 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Levisa	05070202
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	554 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