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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-10-01 1994-07-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-07-07 1976-09-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-07-07 1976-09-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-07-07 1976-09-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1970-07-07 1976-09-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1970-07-07 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1963-03-01 1994-03-29
n/a Site Visits 1963-10-28 1994-07-20
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2018-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03277450 is associated with a Stream in Knott County, Kentucky. Current conditions of Gage height and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1963 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03277450 n/a
Site name
CARR FORK NEAR SASSAFRAS, KY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371359.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0830201.93 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.2333194 n/a
Decimal longitude -83.0337562 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Kentucky 21
State
Kentucky 21
County
Knott County 119
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 943.60 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .05 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05100201
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
60.6 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
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 n/a

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