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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2003-05-12 2003-05-12
Information Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
Microbiological Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
Nutrient Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
Organics, other Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 2002-08-03 2003-11-20
Sediment Water-quality 2002-10-11 2003-08-27
n/a Site Visits 2002-12-23 2003-08-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0208726370 is associated with a Stream in Wake County, North Carolina. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0208726370 n/a
Site name
RICHLANDS CREEK AT SCHENK FOREST NR CARY, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 354847.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0784355.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.8132222 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.73213889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Wake County 183
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map RALEIGH WEST n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 310 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Neuse 03020201
Drainage basin
05 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 20020821 n/a
Drainage area
4.34 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 Y 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 453710600 n/a