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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1929-04-01 1929-04-01
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1929-04-01 1929-04-01
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1929-04-01 1929-04-01
Nutrient Water-quality 1929-04-01 1929-04-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1929-04-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1901-05-23 2022-12-24
n/a Site Visits 1923-04-28 2024-09-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02076000 is associated with a Stream in Halifax County, Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1901 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02076000 n/a
Site name
DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 364135.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0785401.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.6932222 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.9004167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
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
Halifax County 083
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SOUTH BOSTON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 298.14 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Dan 03010104
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
2762 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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