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BRUSHY FORK OF BLUE LICK CREEK (NKUWATER-L89) 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 "BRUSHY FORK OF BLUE LICK CREEK" and has the identifier NKUWATER-L89. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05100102.

This site is located in Nicholas County County, Kentucky at 38.3090400 degrees latitude and -84.0815910 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-L89" 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 2000 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2003
Microbiological 2001 - 2003
Nutrient 2000 - 2003
Organics, Other 2000 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2000 - 2001
Physical 2000 - 2003
*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-L89
MonitoringLocationName BRUSHY FORK OF BLUE LICK CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText BRUSHY FORK AT MILLER STATION ROAD
HUCEightDigitCode 05100102
LatitudeMeasure 38.3090400
LongitudeMeasure -84.0815910
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 21
CountyCode 181
ProviderName STORET