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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Organics, other Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Physical Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1996-12-27 1996-12-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02078360 is associated with a Stream in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Water data back to 1996 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02078360 n/a
Site name
BUFFALO CR AT US HWY 58 AT BUFFALO SPRINGS, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 363825 n/a
DMS longitude 0783855 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.64041788 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.6483363 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Mecklenburg County 117
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BUFFALO SPRINGS 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
Middle Roanoke 03010102
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
12.2 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