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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2009-04-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2010-03-24 2023-05-02
n/a Site Visits 2009-04-02 2024-09-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01047150 is associated with a Stream in Somerset County, Maine. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2009 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 162.14 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 162.14 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01047150 n/a
Site name
Kennebec River near Madison, Maine n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 444644 n/a
DMS longitude 0695313 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.77888889 n/a
Decimal longitude -69.8869444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Somerset County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Madison West n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 162.14 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
Lower Kennebec 01030003
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 20090330 n/a
Drainage area
3256 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 3256 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 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 001 n/a

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