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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2002-11-08 2024-12-03
n/a Peak Measurements 2004-07-04 2022-11-11
n/a Site Visits 2002-11-06 2024-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02024915 is associated with a Stream in Amherst County, Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02024915 n/a
Site name
PEDLAR RIVER AT FOREST ROAD NEAR BUENA VISTA, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 374151 n/a
DMS longitude 0791642 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.6975 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.2783333 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. 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
Amherst County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BUENA VISTA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1057.2 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle James-Buffalo 02080203
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
27.1 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

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