Connecticut River at Old Lyme, CT

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this gage is -1.01 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add -1.01 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01194796	_n/a
Site name	CONNECTICUT RIVER AT OLD LYME, CT	_n/a
Site type	Estuary	ES
DMS latitude	411845	_n/a
DMS longitude	0722047	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.31248747	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-72.34590047	_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	Connecticut	09
State	Connecticut	09
County	130	_n/a
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Old Lyme	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	-1.01 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.0 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit		010802050905
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Flood plain	G
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19980717	_n/a
Drainage area	11224.0 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	NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_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	440900100	_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection