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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2003-08-21 2003-08-21
Information Water-quality 1955-10-27 2003-08-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1963-09-10 1964-10-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1963-09-10 2003-08-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1963-09-10 1964-10-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1963-09-10 2003-08-21
Organics, other Water-quality 1963-12-03 1964-10-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1936-03-08 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1936-03-18 2023-07-10
n/a Site Visits 1984-11-05 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01197000 is associated with a Stream in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01197000 n/a
Site name
EAST BRANCH HOUSATONIC RIVER AT COLTSVILLE, MA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422810.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0731150.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.4695833 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.1973333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Massachusetts 25
County
Berkshire County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map PITTSFIELD EAST, MA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 993 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .06 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Housatonic 01100005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20061130 n/a
Drainage area
57.6 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 57.6 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 244100100 n/a