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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1998-05-16 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1998-06-12 2023-05-01
n/a Site Visits 1998-05-15 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01209761 is associated with a Stream in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1998 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 377.34 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 377.34 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01209761 n/a
Site name
FIVEMILE RIVER NEAR NEW CANAAN, CT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411027.56 n/a
DMS longitude 0733039.88 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.1743222 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.51107778 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
Fairfield County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map POUND RIDGE, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 377.34 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
Saugatuck 01100006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19980722 n/a
Drainage area
1.00 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 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 440900100 n/a