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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2007-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0165258890 is associated with a Tidal stream in Alexandria City, Virginia. Current conditions of Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0165258890 n/a
Site name
POTOMAC RIVER AT CAMERON ST DOCK AT ALEXANDRIA, VA n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 384819 n/a
DMS longitude 0770218 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.80527778 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.0383333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Alexandria City 510
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ALEXANDRIA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
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

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