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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1951-10-29 1954-08-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1951-10-29 1954-08-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1951-10-29 2014-10-13
Sediment Water-quality 1977-04-04 1979-11-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1916-01-01 2013-12-23
n/a Site Visits 1970-08-10 2014-10-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2015-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02112120 is associated with a Stream in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Water data back to 1916 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02112120 n/a
Site name
ROARING RIVER NEAR ROARING RIVER, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 361501 n/a
DMS longitude 0810240 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.25027778 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.0444444 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 ROARING RIVER, NC n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 964.85 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Yadkin 03040101
Drainage basin
09 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 n/a
Drainage area
128 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