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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
n/a Peak Measurements 1966-02-13 2020-11-12
n/a Site Visits 1968-03-11 2021-11-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02027700 is associated with a Stream in Amherst County, Virginia. Water data back to 1966 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02027700 n/a
Site name
BUFFALO RIVER TRIB NEAR AMHERST, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 373345 n/a
DMS longitude 0785735 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.56264239 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.9594659 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
Amherst County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BUFFALO RIDGE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 582.7 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .14 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 NNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
0.45 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
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