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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2022-06-08 2024-01-11
Information Water-quality 2022-06-08 2024-03-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2022-06-08 2024-03-07
Nutrient Water-quality 2022-06-08 2023-09-11
Organics, other Water-quality 2022-06-08 2023-10-03
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2022-05-20 2024-11-21
n/a Site Visits 2022-08-04 2024-06-13
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01208760 is associated with a Tidal stream in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Mean water velocity for discharge computation are available. Water data back to 2022 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 0.00 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 0.00 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01208760 n/a
Site name
HOUSATONIC R. AT BEACON PT MARINA NEAR SHELTON, CT n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 411620.77 n/a
DMS longitude 0730522.77 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.2724361 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.0896583 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
Connecticut 09
State
Connecticut 09
County
Fairfield County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ANSONIA, CT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .03 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 YNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1900 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 n/a