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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-10-28 1987-10-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1957-07-12 1970-04-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-07-12 1971-05-24
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-01-01 1968-05-09
Nutrient Water-quality 1957-07-12 1971-05-24
Organics, other Water-quality 1967-08-22 1967-08-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1982-06-02 1982-06-02
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1936-04-30 1995-10-31
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02240900 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Alachua County, Florida. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02240900 n/a
Site name
NEWNANS LAKE NR GAINESVILLE, FLA. n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 293904 n/a
DMS longitude 0821422 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.65135709 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.2392679 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
125 n/a
State
Florida 12
County
Alachua County 001
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 63.33 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 2.5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03080102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
114.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N 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 00101 n/a