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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1964-12-16 1964-12-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1964-12-16 1964-12-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1964-12-16 1964-12-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1964-12-16 1964-12-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1928-07-12 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1928-07-14 2023-03-04
n/a Site Visits 1928-07-12 2024-10-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01609000 is associated with a Stream in Allegany County, Maryland. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1928 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01609000 n/a
Site name
TOWN CREEK NEAR OLDTOWN, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 393311.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0783318.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.5532222 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.555 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
Maryland 24
County
Allegany County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map OLDTOWN, MD-WVA n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 547.30 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
Cacapon-Town 02070003
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
148 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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