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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1979-03-29 1992-09-15
Information Water-quality 1979-03-29 2002-08-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-09-28 1993-09-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-09-28 2002-08-05
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-09-28 1993-09-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-09-28 1993-09-13
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-03-29 1993-09-13
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-09-28 2002-08-05
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1992-08-21 1992-09-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1960-09-28 1992-09-15
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1992-08-21 1992-09-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1928-08-01 2024-11-18
Population/Community Water-quality 1979-03-29 1980-09-23
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-01-19 1992-09-15
Sediment Water-quality 1979-04-25 2002-08-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1889-06-01 2023-03-05
n/a Site Visits 1928-06-27 2024-06-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01618000 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1889 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01618000 n/a
Site name
POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392605.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0774805.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.4347222 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.80138889 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
Jefferson County 037
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SHERHERDSTOWN, WV-MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 280.26 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Conococheague-Opequon 02070004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
5955 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 442400300 n/a

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