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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1969-09-08 1973-09-05
Information Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1971-08-31 1972-09-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-06-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-04-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-01-15
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-12-01 1974-06-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-06-11
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1972-09-05 1973-09-05
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-06-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1969-09-08 1973-09-05
Physical Water-quality 1969-09-08 1974-06-11
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1971-08-31 1973-09-05
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01117160 is associated with an Estuary in Newport County, Rhode Island. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01117160 n/a
Site name
EAST PASSAGE NARRAGANSETT BAY NEAR JAMESTOWN, RI n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 413045 n/a
DMS longitude 0712100 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.51260207 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.349497 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Newport County 005
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 n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Narragansett 01090004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area 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 n/a