Buck Mountain Creek Near Free Union, VA - 02032400
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Buck Mountain Creek Near Free Union, VA - 02032400
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
7.30 ft3/s
Approved
Oct 16, 1997
23:45:00 PM EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
1990-10-28 - 1997-10-16
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Location details and information
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
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Site identification number
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02032400 | n/a |
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Site name
|
BUCK MOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FREE UNION, VA | n/a |
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Site type
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Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 380916 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0783222 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 38.1545786 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -78.5391805 | n/a |
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Latitude-longitude method
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Interpolated from MAP. | M |
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Latitude-longitude accuracy
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Unknown or unspecified. | U |
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Latitude-longitude datum
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North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
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District
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Virginia | 51 |
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State
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Virginia | 51 |
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County
|
Albemarle County | 003 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | n/a | |
| Name of location map | FREE UNION | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 408.71 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | U | n/a |
| Altitude accuracy | 1 feet | n/a |
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Altitude datum
|
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 | NGVD29 |
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Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Rivanna | 02080204 |
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Drainage basin
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n/a | |
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Topographic setting
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n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
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Date of first construction
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n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 19901213 | n/a |
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Drainage area
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34.5 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | EST | n/a |
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Site honors Daylight Saving Time
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Y | n/a |
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Data reliability
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n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
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Local aquifer type
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n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
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Hole depth
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n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
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