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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2006-05-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2006-09-05 2024-08-08
n/a Site Visits 2006-05-11 2024-10-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02142654 is associated with a Stream in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02142654 n/a
Site name
MCDOWELL CREEK NR HUNTERSVILLE, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 352425 n/a
DMS longitude 0805326 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.40694444 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.8905556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Mecklenburg County 119
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LAKE NORMAN SOUTH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 659.47 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .03 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Catawba 03050101
Drainage basin
10 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
10.2 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 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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