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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1957-04-11 1995-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1957-04-11 1961-09-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-04-11 1995-09-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1958-09-03 1961-09-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1957-04-11 1995-09-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1957-04-11 2024-11-16
Sediment Water-quality 1975-08-26 1978-09-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-01-01 2023-05-04
n/a Site Visits 1953-07-15 2024-08-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02053200 is associated with a Stream in Hertford County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02053200 n/a
Site name
POTECASI CREEK NEAR UNION, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 362215 n/a
DMS longitude 0770132 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.3708333 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.0255556 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. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Hertford County 091
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map UNION n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2.4 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .21 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Meherrin 03010204
Drainage basin
02 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 n/a
Drainage area
225 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 NYNNNNNN 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 453700100 n/a

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