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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21KY >  21KY-BSW003

LITTLE SANDY RIVER NEAR LEON (21KY-BSW003) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Kentucky Division of Water (identifier 21KY), has the name "LITTLE SANDY RIVER NEAR LEON" and has the identifier 21KY-BSW003. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05090104.

This site is located in Carter County County, Kentucky at 38.2895000 degrees latitude and -82.9649000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21KY-BSW003" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2007
Microbiological 2002 - 2007
Nutrient 2002 - 2007
Organics, Other 2002 - 2007
Physical 2002 - 2007
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21KY
OrganizationFormalName Kentucky Division of Water
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21KY-BSW003
MonitoringLocationName LITTLE SANDY RIVER NEAR LEON
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05090104
LatitudeMeasure 38.2895000
LongitudeMeasure -82.9649000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET