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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Organics, other Water-quality 2004-04-15 2006-02-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1996-10-01 2024-11-24
n/a Peak Measurements 1996-12-02 2023-05-01
n/a Site Visits 1996-11-08 2024-09-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01031300 is associated with a Stream in Piscataquis County, Maine. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1996 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 563.35 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 563.35 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01031300 n/a
Site name
Piscataquis River at Blanchard, Maine n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 451602 n/a
DMS longitude 0693502 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.2672222 n/a
Decimal longitude -69.58388889 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
Piscataquis County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Monson West n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 563.35 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Piscataquis 01020004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
115 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 115 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

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