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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Unit Values 2017-09-27 2021-04-05
Physical Unit Values 2017-09-27 2021-04-05
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0202848938 is associated with a Stream in Nelson County, Virginia. Water data back to 2017 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0202848938 n/a
Site name
SPRUCE CREEK AT ROUTE 627 NEAR NELLYSFORD, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 375301.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0785357.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.8838611 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.8993056 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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Nelson County 125
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SHERANDO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 730.30 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 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 YNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2.88 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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