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LICKING RIVER (NKUWATER-L59) 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 Northern Kentucky University (identifier NKUWATER), has the name "LICKING RIVER" and has the identifier NKUWATER-L59. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05100101.

This site is located in Kenton County County, Kentucky at 39.0478710 degrees latitude and -84.4918350 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "NKUWATER-L59" 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 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Microbiological 1998 - 1998
Nutrient 1998 - 1999
Organics, Other 1998 - 1999
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 1999
Physical 1998 - 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 NKUWATER
OrganizationFormalName Northern Kentucky University
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NKUWATER-L59
MonitoringLocationName LICKING RIVER
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText MIENKIEN PARK, COVINGTON¶SET INACTIVE 5-21-01¶NO RESPONSE FROM MAILING, DID NOT SEND IN TEST IN 2000
HUCEightDigitCode 05100101
LatitudeMeasure 39.0478710
LongitudeMeasure -84.4918350
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 117
ProviderName STORET