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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 1974-04-17 1998-08-03
Information Water-quality 1972-07-18 2013-03-12
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1945-09-23 2013-03-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1945-09-23 2013-03-12
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-08-14 2013-03-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1950-07-01 2013-03-12
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-10-15 1975-04-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1945-09-23 2013-03-12
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1972-10-18 1998-08-31
Organics, other Water-quality 1972-07-18 2013-03-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1972-10-18 2013-03-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-09-23 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-15 1975-04-08
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1995-08-16 2013-03-12
Sediment Water-quality 1973-04-12 2011-09-20
n/a Site Visits 1958-04-04 2024-10-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02281200 is associated with a Canal in Palm Beach County, Florida. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02281200 n/a
Site name
HILLSBORO CANAL AT S-6 NEAR SHAWANO n/a
Site type
Canal
ST-CA
DMS latitude 262822.26 n/a
DMS longitude 0802648.78 n/a
Decimal latitude 26.47285 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.4468833 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
122 n/a
State
Florida 12
County
Palm Beach County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description NES04 T46S R39E T n/a
Name of location map WEST OF BIG LAKE, FL n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 9 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03090202
Drainage basin
21 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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