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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1968-08-15 1994-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-08-15 1969-05-06
Nutrient Water-quality 2011-04-19 2011-07-08
Organics, other Water-quality 2011-02-01 2013-11-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1938-10-01 2024-11-24
n/a Peak Measurements 1939-04-20 2023-12-19
n/a Site Visits 1939-04-20 2024-10-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01038000 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, Maine. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1938 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 100.39 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 100.39 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01038000 n/a
Site name
Sheepscot River at North Whitefield, Maine n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 441322 n/a
DMS longitude 0693538 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.22277778 n/a
Decimal longitude -69.59388889 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
Lincoln County 015
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map North Whitefield n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 100.39 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
St. George-Sheepscot 01050003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
146 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 146 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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