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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1977-07-29 1979-05-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1977-08-30 1979-05-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-07-29 1979-05-03
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-08-30 1978-04-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-08-30 1979-05-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-07-29 1979-05-03
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1977-08-30 1978-04-20
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1977-08-30 1978-04-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1977-07-29 2024-10-07
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-03-09 2023-03-16
n/a Site Visits 2010-07-23 2023-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01098500 is associated with a Stream in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01098500 n/a
Site name
COCHITUATE BK BL LAKE COCHITUATE AT FRAMINGHAM, MA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421854.51 n/a
DMS longitude 0712301.71 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.31514167 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.3838083 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Massachusetts 25
County
Middlesex County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 130 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Concord 01070005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20100723 n/a
Drainage area
17.5 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 17.5 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 244100100 n/a