Big Black River near Depot Mtn, Maine

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this gage is 875.34 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 875.34 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01010070	_n/a
Site name	Big Black River near Depot Mtn, Maine	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	465338	_n/a
DMS longitude	0694506	_n/a
Decimal latitude	46.89388889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-69.7516667	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Maine	23
State	Maine	23
County	Aroostook County	003
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Depot Lake	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	875.34 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.10 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper St. John	01010001
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	194 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	194 square miles	_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	442300100	_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Maine Department of Transportation

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds