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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1995-01-10 1996-07-09
n/a Site Visits 1994-10-25 1996-07-10
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01657895 is associated with a Stream in Prince William County, Virginia. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01657895 n/a
Site name
POWELLS CREEK NEAR DALE CITY, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 383700 n/a
DMS longitude 0772219 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.61678568 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.3716509 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
Prince William County 153
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map QUANTICO 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
Lower Potomac 02070011
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
7.92 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