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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
n/a Site Visits 2004-03-04 2005-08-29
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01484320 is associated with an Estuary in Sussex County, Delaware. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01484320 n/a
Site name
PETERSFIELD DITCH AT BROADKILL BEACH, DE n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 384915.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0751341.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.8209722 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.2281944 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Sussex County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LEWES, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5 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
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
1.79 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 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