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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1991-06-11 2022-07-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1991-06-11 1991-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1991-06-11 2022-07-18
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1991-06-11 1991-06-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1991-06-11 1991-06-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1991-06-11 2022-07-18
Organics, other Water-quality 1991-06-11 1991-06-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1991-06-11 1991-06-11
Physical Water-quality 1991-06-11 2022-07-18
n/a Site Visits 1951-10-15 2022-07-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01491950 is associated with a Stream in Talbot County, Maryland. Water data back to 1951 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01491950 n/a
Site name
KINGS CREEK NEAR EASTON, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 384724.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0760112.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.79013889 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.02013889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Level 4 survey-grade GPS E
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
Talbot County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map EASTON, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .3 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Choptank 02060005
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
8.45 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 442409000 n/a