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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1955-10-27 2020-10-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1956-12-17 1964-09-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1956-12-17 2020-10-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-10-09 1970-10-09
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1956-12-17 1970-10-09
Nutrient Water-quality 1956-12-17 1982-09-07
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-10-04 1988-08-19
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2020-08-20 2020-10-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1964-04-06 1980-06-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1913-05-17 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1971-09-21 1996-04-01
n/a Peak Measurements 1914-03-28 2023-07-11
n/a Site Visits 1936-03-13 2024-09-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01197500 is associated with a Stream in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1913 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01197500 n/a
Site name
HOUSATONIC RIVER NEAR GREAT BARRINGTON, MA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421354.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0732116.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.23191667 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.3546667 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 GREAT BARRINGTON, MA n/a
Scale of location map 25000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 682.41 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 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 YNYNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20061130 n/a
Drainage area
282 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 282 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