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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2012-04-04 2018-10-30
Information Water-quality 2012-04-04 2018-10-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-04-04 2018-10-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2012-04-04 2018-10-30
Nutrient Water-quality 2012-04-04 2018-10-30
Physical Water-quality 2012-04-04 2018-10-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0209781125 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Chatham County, North Carolina. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0209781125 n/a
Site name
JORDAN LAKE NEAR BUOY 8 NEAR BELLS, NC n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 354507 n/a
DMS longitude 0790145 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.75194444 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.0291667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Chatham County 037
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map FARRINGTON, NC n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 216 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Haw 03030002
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
256.1 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 n/a