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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-04-14 1970-05-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-04-14 1971-04-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-04-14 1968-05-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-04-14 1971-04-13
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1945-04-29 1983-09-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02293774 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Polk County, Florida. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02293774 n/a
Site name
MOUNTAIN LAKE NEAR LAKE WALES FL n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 275608 n/a
DMS longitude 0813528 n/a
Decimal latitude 27.93585664 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.5909098 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
124 n/a
State
Florida 12
County
Polk County 105
Country US n/a
Land net location description S26 T29S R27E n/a
Name of location map LAKE WALES n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 107.76 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03100101
Drainage basin
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
2.30 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
Unchecked data. U
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 459600100 n/a