Pawtuxet River at Cranston, RI - 01116500

Important information about this monitoring location

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.

Location details and information

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

Operated in cooperation with:

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages