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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1948-10-01 1948-10-01
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1948-10-01 1976-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-05-16 1976-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1948-10-01 1976-08-31
Microbiological Water-quality 1976-08-31 1976-08-31
Nutrient Water-quality 1948-10-01 1976-08-31
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1972-05-16 1976-08-31
Organics, other Water-quality 1976-08-31 1976-08-31
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1972-05-16 1976-08-31
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1948-10-01 1976-08-31
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01629050 is associated with a Stream in Rockingham County, Virginia. Water data back to 1948 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01629050 n/a
Site name
S F SHENANDOAH RIVER AT ELKTON, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 382434 n/a
DMS longitude 0783810 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.4095707 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.6358505 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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Rockingham County 165
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ELKTON WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
South Fork Shenandoah 02070005
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 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
1196 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