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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1977-07-26 1978-06-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-07-26 1978-06-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-07-26 1978-06-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-07-26 1978-06-02
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-07-26 1978-06-02
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 1977-07-26 2024-11-21
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02042770 is associated with a Tidal stream in James City County, Virginia. Current conditions of Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02042770 n/a
Site name
JAMES RIVER AT JAMESTOWN FERRY PIER, VA n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 371312 n/a
DMS longitude 0764730 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.22014784 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.7913486 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
James City County 095
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SURRY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower James 02080206
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
9404 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

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