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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1988-09-09 1991-08-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-08-23 1991-08-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-09-09 1988-09-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1983-10-19 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1983-12-16 2023-09-01
n/a Site Visits 1983-09-21 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02298760 is associated with a Stream in Sarasota County, Florida. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1983 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02298760 n/a
Site name
HOWARD CREEK NEAR SARASOTA FL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 272018.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0822051.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 27.3384722 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.3475833 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
124 n/a
State
Florida 12
County
Sarasota County 115
Country US n/a
Land net location description SE S6 T37S R20E n/a
Name of location map OLD MYAKKA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 11.15 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03100102
Drainage basin
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
20.0 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