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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2001-05-11 2001-09-26
Information Water-quality 2001-03-28 2024-02-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2007-11-05 2011-04-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2001-03-28 2024-02-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2007-11-05 2011-04-27
Nutrient Water-quality 2001-03-28 2023-09-20
Organics, other Water-quality 2001-08-10 2023-03-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1989-09-30 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1989-10-21 2022-02-04
n/a Site Visits 1989-08-02 2024-10-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2008-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 011230695 is associated with a Stream in New London County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
011230695 n/a
Site name
SHETUCKET RIVER AT TAFTVILLE, CT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413412.01 n/a
DMS longitude 0720246.48 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.57000278 n/a
Decimal longitude -72.0462444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Connecticut 09
State
Connecticut 09
County
New London County 011
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map NORWICH, CT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 18.14 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Shetucket 01100002
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 19890817 n/a
Drainage area
512 square miles 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 CT001 n/a