USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
---|---|---|---|
Information | Water-quality | 1978-06-15 | 1986-06-18 |
Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1930-09-09 | 1986-06-18 |
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1930-09-09 | 1986-06-18 |
Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1930-09-09 | 1986-06-18 |
Nutrient | Water-quality | 1930-09-09 | 1986-06-18 |
Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1930-09-09 | 2024-11-12 |
Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 1981-02-26 | 1981-07-30 |
Sediment | Daily Values | 1953-02-04 | 1956-09-29 |
n/a | Peak Measurements | 1931-08-22 | 2022-12-24 |
n/a | Site Visits | 1930-07-15 | 2024-10-31 |
n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2023-01-01 |
Monitoring location 02060500 is associated with a Stream in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1930 are available online.
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
---|---|---|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
|
02060500 | n/a |
Site name
|
ROANOKE RIVER AT ALTAVISTA, VA | n/a |
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
DMS latitude | 370620.5 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 0791708.3 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 37.10569444 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -79.28563889 | 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). | 1 |
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
|
Pittsylvania County | 143 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | n/a | |
Name of location map | ALTAVISTA | n/a |
Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 502.27 feet | n/a |
Method altitude determined | Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. | D |
Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Upper Roanoke | 03010101 |
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
|
1782 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 |