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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1955-10-20 1961-07-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1955-10-20 1973-02-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1955-10-20 1973-02-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-05-31 1971-05-31
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1955-10-20 1973-02-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1968-08-28 1972-11-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1955-10-20 1973-02-26
Organics, other Water-quality 1968-05-28 1973-02-26
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1941-10-01 1981-10-02
Sediment Water-quality 1977-03-04 1979-11-02
n/a Peak Measurements 1916-01-01 1981-05-27
n/a Site Visits 1975-09-11 1981-10-02
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02138000 is associated with a Stream in McDowell 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
02138000 n/a
Site name
CATAWBA RIVER NEAR MARION, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 354226 n/a
DMS longitude 0820200 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.7073458 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.0331651 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
McDowell County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1208.00 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
Upper Catawba 03050101
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 n/a
Drainage area
172.00 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 NNNNNNNN 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