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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-10-22 1984-07-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-06-07 1978-08-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1931-07-01 2020-01-02
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2021-09-30 2021-09-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1932-05-13 2019-10-20
n/a Site Visits 1931-07-15 2022-08-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2020-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01484000 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
01484000 n/a
Site name
MURDERKILL RIVER NEAR FELTON, DE n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385833.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0753400.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.97602778 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.5669167 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
Maryland 24
State
Delaware 10
County
Kent County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 21.09 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
12.9 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 242700112 n/a