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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-11-17 1984-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1982-02-05 1983-06-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1982-02-05 1983-06-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1982-02-05 1982-02-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1982-02-05 1983-06-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1982-02-05 1983-06-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1982-02-05 1983-06-16
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1931-10-01 1984-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1932-05-12 1984-02-14
n/a Site Visits 1931-10-06 2003-05-30
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01640500 is associated with a Stream in Frederick County, Maryland. Water data back to 1931 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01640500 n/a
Site name
OWENS CREEK AT LANTZ, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394036 n/a
DMS longitude 0772750 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.676763 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.4635996 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 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Maryland 24
County
Frederick County 021
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 956.17 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Monocacy 02070009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YYNNNNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
5.93 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