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CHINCOTEAGUE BAY INLET AT CHINCOTEAGUE, VA

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Monitoring location 01484746 is associated with a TIDAL STREAM in ACCOMACK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Current conditions of ESTUARY OR OCEAN WATER SURFACE ELEVATION ABOVE NAVD 1988, WIND DIRECTION, and WIND SPEED are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

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About the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-10-27 2021-07-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2020-01-01
Classic Water Data for the Nation Inventory

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01484746 n/a
Site name
CHINCOTEAGUE BAY INLET AT CHINCOTEAGUE, VA n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 375408.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0752428.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.90238889 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.40788889 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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Accomack County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CHINCOTEAGUE WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .08 n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Chincoteague 02040303
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 Savings Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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

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