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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1979-08-29 1979-08-29
Information Water-quality 1969-03-26 1979-12-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1941-03-14 1979-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1940-07-31 1979-12-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-05-05 1979-06-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-10-09 1979-12-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1945-05-26 1979-12-11
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-09-18 1979-09-18
Organics, other Water-quality 1970-05-05 1979-08-06
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1979-09-18 1979-09-18
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1939-11-07 2008-09-29
n/a Site Visits 1939-06-28 2005-05-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02278000 is associated with a Canal in Palm Beach County, Florida. Water data back to 1939 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02278000 n/a
Site name
WEST PALM BEACH CANAL AT S352 AT CANAL POINT FLA n/a
Site type
Canal
ST-CA
DMS latitude 265150 n/a
DMS longitude 0803755 n/a
Decimal latitude 26.8642256 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.631723 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
122 n/a
State
Florida 12
County
Palm Beach County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description NES33 T41S R37E T n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03090202
Drainage basin
20 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
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 2080-00100 n/a