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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 Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-02 1974-12-18
Information Water-quality 1974-01-28 1997-10-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-07-12 1997-10-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-01-28 1997-10-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-07-12 1995-10-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-07-12 1997-10-15
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-01-28 1997-10-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-07-12 1997-10-15
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1995-10-19 1995-10-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-07-12 1997-10-15
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1995-10-19 1996-08-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1961-10-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-02 1974-12-18
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1995-10-18 1995-10-18
Sediment Water-quality 1974-07-12 1997-10-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1916-07-01 2023-04-28
n/a Site Visits 1960-06-10 2024-09-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02143040 is associated with a Stream in Burke County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1916 are available online.

As of 10/01/2021, precipitation data are now available at the following location: USGS 353459081334545 RAINGAGE AT FIRE STATION 56 AT RAMSEY, NC.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02143040 n/a
Site name
JACOB FORK AT RAMSEY, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 353526 n/a
DMS longitude 0813401 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.59055556 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.5669444 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
Burke County 023
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CASAR, NC n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1102.62 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .21 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
South Fork Catawba 03050102
Drainage basin
10 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
25.7 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 YYNNNNNN 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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