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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2010-06-30 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-09-01 2020-09-21
n/a Site Visits 1944-02-14 2024-09-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2021-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02050000 is associated with a Stream in Franklin City, Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 1944 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02050000 n/a
Site name
BLACKWATER RIVER AT HWYS 58/258 AT FRANKLIN, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 364049 n/a
DMS longitude 0765507 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.68042849 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.918294 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Franklin City 620
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map FRANKLIN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
664 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
Unchecked data. U
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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