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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1998-07-17 2024-11-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1999-04-30 2023-07-09
n/a Site Visits 1998-07-16 2024-08-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0209553650 is associated with a Stream in Guilford County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1998 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0209553650 n/a
Site name
BUFFALO CREEK AT SR2819 NR MCLEANSVILLE, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 360741 n/a
DMS longitude 0793942 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.12805556 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.6616667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Guilford County 081
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BROWNS SUMMIT n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 647.49 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Haw 03030002
Drainage basin
07 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
88.5 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

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