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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2006-04-13 2008-10-01
n/a Peak Measurements 2006-11-16 2008-06-13
n/a Site Visits 2006-04-11 2013-04-12
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01598650 is associated with a Stream in Allegany 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
01598650 n/a
Site name
SAND SPRING RUN AT FROSTBURG, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 393850.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0785610.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.6474722 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.9362222 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
Allegany County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Frostburg MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1883.11 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
North Branch Potomac 02070002
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 20060413 n/a
Drainage area
3.58 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 2427COMFS n/a