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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2008-04-07 2024-11-16
n/a Peak Measurements 2007-04-01 2023-05-01
n/a Site Visits 1996-09-25 2024-08-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01068910 is associated with a Stream in York 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 228.60 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 228.60 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01068910 n/a
Site name
Mousam River at Route 4 near Sanford, Maine n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432506 n/a
DMS longitude 0704417 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.4183333 n/a
Decimal longitude -70.7380556 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
York County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Sanford n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 228.60 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
Piscataqua-Salmon Falls 01060003
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
44.9 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 44.9 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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