Skip to main content

Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-03-16 2008-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2006-03-16 2008-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-03-16 2008-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2006-03-16 2008-06-10
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-03-16 2008-06-10
Organics, other Water-quality 2006-09-13 2008-06-10
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2008-06-10 2008-06-10
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 2005-10-01 2009-09-29
n/a Site Visits 2007-03-12 2007-03-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2009-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01490120 is associated with a Stream in Dorchester County, Maryland. Water data back to 2005 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01490120 n/a
Site name
LITTLE BLACKWATER RIVER NR CAMBRIDGE, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 383006 n/a
DMS longitude 0760539 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.50166667 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.0941667 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 n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -1.25 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
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 20050804 n/a
Drainage area
15.3 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 Y 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