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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2005-01-27 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2005-10-15 2023-01-26
n/a Site Visits 2004-10-19 2024-09-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
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Monitoring location 01196561 is associated with a Stream in New Haven County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 167.97 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 167.97 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01196561 n/a
Site name
MUDDY RIVER NEAR EAST WALLINGFORD, CT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412608.19 n/a
DMS longitude 0724646.17 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.4356083 n/a
Decimal longitude -72.7794917 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 Haven County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WALLINGFORD, CT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 167.97 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
Quinnipiac 01100004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20040916 n/a
Drainage area
8.88 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 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 240400100 n/a