Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21KY >  21KY-KRW006

BUFFALO CREEK NEAR SEBASTIAN (21KY-KRW006) 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 "BUFFALO CREEK NEAR SEBASTIAN" and has the identifier 21KY-KRW006. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05100203.

This site is located in Owsley County County, Kentucky at 37.3571000 degrees latitude and -83.6478000 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-KRW006" 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*
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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-KRW006
MonitoringLocationName BUFFALO CREEK NEAR SEBASTIAN
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05100203
LatitudeMeasure 37.3571000
LongitudeMeasure -83.6478000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 189
ProviderName STORET