Water resources data for the 1980 water year for Kentucky consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes; and water levels and water quality of wells and springs. This report contains discharge records from 116 gaging stations; stage and contents for 15 lakes; suspended-sediment data for 43 stations (28 daily); daily temperature records for 35 stations; daily specific con-ductance for 24 stations; ground-water level for 74 recording, 85 partial; water-quality data from 232 coal hydrology sites (28 partial, 204 miscellaneous) 3 springs and 311 wells; and miscellaneous temperature and specific conductance from the 116 gaging stations. Also included are data for 123 partial-record crest-stage and 102 partial-record low-flow sites. Data collected at various miscellaneous sites is also published. These data represents that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Kentucky.