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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1955-09-22 1995-11-27
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1955-09-22 1963-08-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1955-09-22 1963-08-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1955-09-22 1963-08-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1955-09-22 1963-08-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-10-01 2024-12-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1936-03-03 2022-11-02
n/a Site Visits 1942-03-10 2024-12-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01116000 is associated with a Stream in Kent County, Rhode Island. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 216.9 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 216.9 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01116000 n/a
Site name
SOUTH BRANCH PAWTUXET RIVER AT WASHINGTON, RI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414124 n/a
DMS longitude 0713359 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.69010026 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.5658958 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Rhode Island 44
County
Kent County 003
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 216.9 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .03 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Narragansett 01090004
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
62.8 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 62.8 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 444400150 n/a

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