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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1961-02-19 1995-02-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1994-05-18 1995-02-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-05-07 1995-02-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-05-18 1995-02-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1994-05-18 1995-02-17
Microbiological Water-quality 1994-03-11 1995-02-17
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-03-11 1995-02-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1928-06-25 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1961-02-19 1972-07-31
n/a Peak Measurements 1877-11-01 2023-05-04
n/a Site Visits 1929-04-17 2024-07-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01606500 is associated with a Stream in Grant County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1877 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01606500 n/a
Site name
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR PETERSBURG, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385928 n/a
DMS longitude 0791034 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.99122107 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.17587059 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
West Virginia 54
State
West Virginia 54
County
Grant County 023
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 965.88 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
South Branch Potomac 02070001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
651 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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