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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-02-13 1982-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1979-02-13 1982-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-02-13 1982-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-05-23 1982-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-05-23 1982-06-10
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-02-13 1982-06-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-02-13 1982-06-10
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-10-01 1980-10-07
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-02-13 1982-06-10
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1979-10-01 1980-10-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1978-12-21 1985-09-30
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-04 1981-07-23
Sediment Water-quality 1978-12-21 1980-02-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1936-09-21 1985-09-27
n/a Site Visits 1978-11-08 1985-06-20
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01396001 is associated with a Stream in Union County, New Jersey. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01396001 n/a
Site name
Robinsons Branch at Maple Ave at Rahway NJ n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 403626 n/a
DMS longitude 0741739 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.6072222 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.2941667 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New Jersey 34
State
New Jersey 34
County
Union County 039
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Perth Amboy n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 11.30 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Sandy Hook-Staten Island 02030104
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
21.60 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 n/a