Sandy River near Madrid, Maine

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this gage is 915.40 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 915.40 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01047200	_n/a
Site name	Sandy River near Madrid, Maine	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	445128	_n/a
DMS longitude	0702907	_n/a
Decimal latitude	44.85777778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-70.48527778	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).	5
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	Franklin County	007
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Madrid	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	915.40 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.12 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	200805	_n/a
Drainage area	25.1 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	25.1 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

Operated in cooperation with:

Maine Department of Transportation

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds