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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  31ORWUNT >  31ORWUNT-SR20.3M

BIG SANDY R @ LOUISA KY. MP 20.3 (31ORWUNT-SR20.3M) 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 Ohio River Sanitation Commission (identifier 31ORWUNT), has the name "BIG SANDY R @ LOUISA KY. MP 20.3" and has the identifier 31ORWUNT-SR20.3M. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05070204.

This site is located in Lawrence County County, Kentucky at 38.1711111 degrees latitude and -82.6347222 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "31ORWUNT-SR20.3M" 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 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2002
Nutrient 1999 - 2008
Organics, Other 1999 - 2008
Physical 1999 - 2008
*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 31ORWUNT
OrganizationFormalName Ohio River Sanitation Commission
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 31ORWUNT-SR20.3M
MonitoringLocationName BIG SANDY R @ LOUISA KY. MP 20.3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SIMPLE GRAB SAMPLE COLLECTED AT THE LOUISA, KENTUCKY, INTAKE OF KENTUCKY¶POWER CO., M.P. 20.3 (SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM TAP IN RAW WATER INTAKE LINE¶IN PUMPING STATION TO POWER GENERATING PLANT). ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (31ORWUNT) ON 22-SEP-00¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTHEAST ¶BASIN CODE: 050901¶MINOR BASIN NAME: BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN
HUCEightDigitCode 05070204
LatitudeMeasure 38.1711111
LongitudeMeasure -82.6347222
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 127
ProviderName STORET