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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2004-06-07 2004-06-14
Information Water-quality 1959-02-06 2004-06-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-02-06 1980-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-02-06 2004-06-07
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-02-06 1980-09-15
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-07-27 1974-07-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-02-06 2004-06-07
Organics, other Water-quality 2004-06-07 2004-06-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1931-07-01 2020-01-02
Sediment Water-quality 2004-06-07 2004-06-07
n/a Peak Measurements 1943-06-28 2018-10-12
n/a Site Visits 1931-07-23 2019-12-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2017-01-01 2020-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01483500 is associated with a Stream in Kent County, Delaware. Water data back to 1931 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01483500 n/a
Site name
LEIPSIC RIVER NEAR CHESWOLD, DE n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391358.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0753756.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.2328611 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.6323056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Maryland 24
State
Delaware 10
County
Kent County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map KENTON, DE n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 16.58 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
Broadkill-Smyrna 02040207
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
9.35 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 441000100 n/a