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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
n/a Site Visits 2016-07-30 2018-05-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01589017 is associated with a Stream in Howard County, Maryland. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01589017 n/a
Site name
HUDSON BRANCH AT ELLICOTT CITY, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391607.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0764835.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.26869444 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.80975 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
Howard County 027
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ELLICOTT CITY, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 258 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Gunpowder-Patapsco 02060003
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 20160825 n/a
Drainage area
1.26 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 00100 n/a