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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2002-07-19 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01311850 is associated with an Estuary in Nassau County, New York. Current conditions of Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 and Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01311850 n/a
Site name
JAMAICA BAY AT INWOOD NY n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 403702 n/a
DMS longitude 0734530 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.6173266 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.7579103 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Nassau County 059
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map FAR ROCKAWAY, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Southern Long Island 02030202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files Y 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

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