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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values 2003-11-08 2004-11-19
Physical Daily Values 2003-11-08 2004-12-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02108820 is associated with a Stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Water data back to 2003 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02108820 n/a
Site name
CAPE FEAR R AT CHNL MKR 12 NR CAROLINA BEACH, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 340435.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0775553.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 34.07644444 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.9314444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
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
New Hanover County 129
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CAROLINA BEACH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Cape Fear 03030005
Drainage basin
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 20030902 n/a
Drainage area
9002 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 251000124 n/a