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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1977-06-28 1979-05-16
Information Water-quality 1901-08-09 2002-08-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1953-10-02 2002-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1901-08-09 2002-08-06
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-06-22 2002-08-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-10-02 2002-08-06
Microbiological Water-quality 1901-08-09 2002-08-06
Nutrient Water-quality 1953-10-02 2002-08-06
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1976-06-22 1995-08-30
Organics, other Water-quality 1976-06-22 2002-06-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1976-06-22 1995-08-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1901-08-09 2024-12-03
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-09-10 2002-08-06
Sediment Water-quality 1976-06-22 2002-08-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-01-15 2023-07-17
n/a Site Visits 1953-03-16 2024-10-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01116500 is associated with a Stream in Providence County, Rhode Island. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1901 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 7.2 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 7.2 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01116500 n/a
Site name
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON, RI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414503 n/a
DMS longitude 0712644 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.75093399 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.4450575 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
Providence County 007
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 7.2 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 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 YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
200 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 200 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 442500150 n/a