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  • 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 Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1959-10-02 1994-06-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1964-10-21 1992-06-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 1964-10-21 1994-06-06
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-10-01 1979-08-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1964-10-21 1992-06-17
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-07-22 1974-01-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1964-10-21 1994-06-06
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-10-01 1992-08-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1992-08-25 1994-06-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1938-10-01 2008-10-01
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1969-10-01 1971-09-30
Sediment Water-quality 1959-10-02 1994-06-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1924-03-29 2008-05-16
n/a Site Visits 1938-10-04 2008-10-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01600000 is associated with a Stream in Mineral County, West Virginia. Water data back to 1924 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01600000 n/a
Site name
NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT PINTO, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 393400.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0785022.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.56680556 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.8395556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
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
West Virginia 54
County
Mineral County 057
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 648.23 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
North Branch Potomac 02070002
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
607 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