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MARTINS FORK NEAR SMITH, KY (USGS-03400800) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Kentucky Water Science Center (identifier USGS-KY), has the name "MARTINS FORK NEAR SMITH, KY" and has the identifier USGS-03400800. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05130101. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 55.8 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 55.8 sq mi.

This site is located in Harlan County County, Kentucky at 36.75230974000000 degrees latitude and -83.2574012000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 1258.47 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .15 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1973 - 1980
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1981
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1976 - 1981
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1980 - 1980
Nutrient 1970 - 1980
Organics, Other 1980 - 1980
Physical 1970 - 1995
Sediment 1979 - 1981
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-KY
OrganizationFormalName USGS Kentucky Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-03400800
MonitoringLocationName MARTINS FORK NEAR SMITH, KY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05130101
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 55.8
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 55.8
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 36.75230974000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.2574012000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1258.47
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .15
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 095
ProviderName NWIS