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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-12-07 1984-08-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1982-11-02 1982-11-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-10-08 1982-11-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1982-11-02 1982-11-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1982-11-02 1982-11-02
Organics, other Water-quality 1982-11-02 1982-11-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1932-04-01 2024-11-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1884-06-01 2023-07-04
n/a Site Visits 1932-04-10 2024-09-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01495000 is associated with a Stream in Cecil County, Maryland. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1884 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01495000 n/a
Site name
BIG ELK CREEK AT ELK MILLS, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394003.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0754932.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.6675833 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8255833 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
Maryland 24
County
Cecil County 015
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 83.39 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
Chester-Sassafras 02060002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YYNNYNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
51.6 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 n/a

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