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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.

The QW data at this station are operated seasonally (April 01 through November 30).

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 2016-06-29 2024-11-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2016-06-29 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2017-05-27 2022-12-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0214264790 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0214264790 n/a
Site name
CATAWBA R AT RR BRIDGE AB NC 73 AT COWANS FORD, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 352539.84 n/a
DMS longitude 0805726.43 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.4277333 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.9573417 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Lincoln County 109
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LAKE NORMAN SOUTH, N n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 639.43 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Catawba 03050101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYYNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1790 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

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