Tar River at Tarboro, NC - 02083500
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Tar River at Tarboro, NC - 02083500
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 25, 2025 - April 1, 2025
Gage height, feet
4.83 ft - Apr 01, 2025 01:15:00 PM EDT
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Value
Status
Time
Latest value
4.83 ft
Provisional
Apr 01, 2025
13:15:00 PM EDT
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4.83 ft
Provisional
Apr 01, 2025
01:15:00 PM EDT
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Statistics for April 1, 2025 based on 29 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2006)
3.22 ft
25th percentile
6.14 ft
median
7.67 ft
75th percentile
12.72 ft
mean
9.4 ft
high (2010)
21.36 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
2 data types available - data from 1985-10-01 to 2025-04-01
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-04-01
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1985-10-01 - 2025-04-01
Daily data
6 data types available - data from 1896-08-01 to 2025-03-31
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0 data types available
Discrete sample data
600 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1953-10-01 to 1999-10-05
514 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
- Active Monitoring Locations
5 km
3 mi
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 1973-08-28 | 1993-11-04 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1955-02-16 | 1999-10-05 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1953-10-01 | 1997-02-19 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1953-10-01 | 1999-10-05 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1973-08-28 | 1999-10-05 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1953-10-01 | 1999-10-05 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1968-10-17 | 1999-10-05 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1953-10-01 | 1999-10-05 |
| Organics, PCBs | Water-quality | 1992-10-23 | 1993-11-04 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1963-10-02 | 1999-10-05 |
| Organics, pesticide | Water-quality | 1992-10-23 | 1999-10-05 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1896-08-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| Population/Community | Water-quality | 1974-10-01 | 1981-09-16 |
| Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 1981-02-25 | 1993-11-04 |
| Sediment | Daily Values, Water-quality | 1958-01-09 | 1999-10-05 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1897-03-19 | 2024-08-14 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1897-01-23 | 2025-02-13 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 02083500 is associated with a Stream in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1896 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
02083500 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
TAR RIVER AT TARBORO, NC | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 355340 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0773159 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 35.89444444 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -77.5330556 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) | G |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). | H |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
North Carolina | 37 |
|
State
|
North Carolina | 37 |
|
County
|
Edgecombe County | 065 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | n/a | |
| Name of location map | TARBORO | n/a |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 9.20 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Level or other surveyed method. | L |
| Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Lower Tar | 03020103 |
|
Drainage basin
|
04 | 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 | n/a | |
|
Drainage area
|
2183 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 | NYNNNNNN | 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 |
