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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1954-01-06 1961-07-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1955-12-20 1961-07-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1954-01-06 1961-07-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-12-22 1961-07-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1955-12-20 1961-07-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1954-01-06 2004-02-29
Sediment Water-quality 1977-03-09 1979-01-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1949-09-07 2004-02-07
n/a Site Visits 1949-05-09 2003-12-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02146900 is associated with a Stream in Union County, North Carolina. Water data back to 1949 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02146900 n/a
Site name
TWELVE MILE CREEK NEAR WAXHAW, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 345707 n/a
DMS longitude 0804521 n/a
Decimal latitude 34.95194444 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.7558333 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
Union County 179
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CATAWBA NE n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 489.04 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
Lower Catawba 03050103
Drainage basin
10 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
76.50 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