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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
Organics, other Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
Physical Water-quality 2006-12-06 2008-06-10
n/a Site Visits 2007-03-13 2007-10-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01490108 is associated with a Stream in Dorchester County, Maryland. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01490108 n/a
Site name
Little Blackwater River near Thompson, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 383128.00 n/a
DMS longitude 0760237.00 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.52444444 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.0436111 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. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Maryland 24
County
Dorchester County 019
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Cambridge, Md n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 12.0 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
Tangier 02080110
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
3.72 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 2427BPO03 n/a