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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2005-03-10 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02079490 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, Precipitation, Relative humidity, and more are available. Water data back to 2005 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02079490 n/a
Site name
JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR AT DAM NEAR BOYDTON, VA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 363554 n/a
DMS longitude 0781757 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.59847608 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.2988854 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 JOHN H KERR DAM n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle Roanoke 03010102
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
7866 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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