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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21KY >  21KY-PRI032

MIDDLE FORK KENTUCKY RIVER NEAR TALLEGA (21KY-PRI032) 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 "MIDDLE FORK KENTUCKY RIVER NEAR TALLEGA" and has the identifier 21KY-PRI032. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05100202.

This site is located in Lee County County, Kentucky at 37.5550080 degrees latitude and -83.5938170 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-PRI032" 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 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2007
Microbiological 1999 - 2006
Not Assigned 2003 - 2005
Nutrient 1999 - 2007
Organics, Other 1999 - 2007
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2005
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2005
Physical 1999 - 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-PRI032
MonitoringLocationName MIDDLE FORK KENTUCKY RIVER NEAR TALLEGA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05100202
LatitudeMeasure 37.5550080
LongitudeMeasure -83.5938170
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 129
ProviderName STORET