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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2005-10-13 2011-08-10
Physical Water-quality 2006-08-22 2012-08-08
Sediment Water-quality 2005-10-13 2012-08-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0205458550 is associated with a Stream in Salem City, Virginia. Water data back to 2005 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0205458550 n/a
Site name
ROANOKE RIVER NEAR FRONT STREET AT SALEM, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371702.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0800345.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.28402778 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.0627222 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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Salem City 775
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SALEM n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Roanoke 03010101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
310 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 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