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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1965-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1977-03-30 1979-07-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-08-13 2023-03-03
n/a Site Visits 1965-10-01 2024-10-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02111180 is associated with a Stream in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02111180 n/a
Site name
ELK CREEK AT ELKVILLE, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 360417 n/a
DMS longitude 0812411 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.07138889 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.4030556 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
Wilkes County 193
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map GRANDIN, NC n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1081.78 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Yadkin 03040101
Drainage basin
09 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
50.9 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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