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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2012-05-31 2024-03-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-06-28 2024-11-20
Microbiological Water-quality 2012-05-31 2024-03-04
Nutrient Water-quality 2012-07-19 2024-01-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2008-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2012-07-19 2023-09-11
n/a Peak Measurements 2009-05-26 2022-07-03
n/a Site Visits 2008-10-16 2024-09-20
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01650800 is associated with a Stream in Montgomery County, Maryland. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01650800 n/a
Site name
SLIGO CREEK NEAR TAKOMA PARK, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385910.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0770017.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.9862222 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.0048611 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
Montgomery County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WASHINGTON WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 161.27 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan 02070010
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20081008 n/a
Drainage area
6.45 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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

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