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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21KY_WQX >  21KY_WQX-DOW02043009

Martins Fork Lake (21KY_WQX-DOW02043009) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the KY WQX (identifier 21KY_WQX), has the name "Martins Fork Lake" and has the identifier 21KY_WQX-DOW02043009. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05130101.

This site is located in Harlan County County, Kentucky at 36.7373540000 degrees latitude and -83.2610350000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_WQX-DOW02043009" 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, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Organics, Other 2016 - 2016
Organics, PCBs 2016 - 2016
Organics, Pesticide 2016 - 2016
Radiochemical 2016 - 2016
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName KY WQX
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21KY_WQX-DOW02043009
MonitoringLocationName Martins Fork Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Entire Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 05130101
LatitudeMeasure 36.7373540000
LongitudeMeasure -83.2610350000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET