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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2008-07-18 2010-03-24
Nutrient Water-quality 2008-08-25 2010-12-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2008-07-17 2010-12-31
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 2008-07-17 2011-01-04
n/a Peak Measurements 2008-12-12 2010-10-01
n/a Site Visits 2008-07-16 2011-01-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2011-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01642438 is associated with a Stream in Frederick County, Maryland. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01642438 n/a
Site name
LINGANORE CREEK NEAR LIBERTYTOWN, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392627.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0771610.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.441 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.26963889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Frederick County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WALKERSVILLE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 328.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined G n/a
Altitude accuracy 1.0 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Monocacy 02070009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20080721 n/a
Drainage area
56.6 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 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