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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-11-19 1993-11-05
Information Water-quality 1974-11-11 1999-09-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1945-08-01 1996-09-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1945-08-01 1999-09-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-12-17 1995-08-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1945-08-01 1996-09-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-10-15 1999-09-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1945-08-01 1999-09-22
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1977-11-08 1993-11-05
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-11-19 1996-09-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1975-03-31 1993-11-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-08-26 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1975-01-21 1981-09-08
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-04 1993-11-05
Sediment Water-quality 1974-10-15 1996-09-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-08-01 2023-05-03
n/a Site Visits 1944-08-24 2024-09-26
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02049500 is associated with a Stream in Southampton County, Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02049500 n/a
Site name
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR FRANKLIN, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 364545 n/a
DMS longitude 0765355 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.7626499 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.89829369 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
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
Southampton County 175
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SEDLEY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Blackwater 03010202
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 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
613 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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