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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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	03284230	n/a
Location name	KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 9 AT VALLEY VIEW, KY	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	37.8439680016231	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-84.4406303868448	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Kentucky	21
State	Kentucky	21
County	Madison County	151
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	538 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	Y
Altitude accuracy	0.16 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	4101 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 9 at Valley View, KY - USGS-03284230