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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-12-23 2004-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-04-26 1997-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-04-26 2004-09-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-04-26 1997-08-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-04-26 1997-08-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1981-12-23 1997-08-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1966-04-26 2024-11-21
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1997-08-19 1997-08-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1992-06-26 2023-08-31
n/a Site Visits 1992-05-08 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 02300042 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Manatee County, Florida. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1966 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02300042 n/a
Site name
WARD LAKE NEAR BRADENTON FL n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 272628 n/a
DMS longitude 0822916 n/a
Decimal latitude 27.44143074 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.4875958 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
124 n/a
State
Florida 12
County
Manatee County 081
Country US n/a
Land net location description SE S15 T35S R18E n/a
Name of location map LORRAINE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 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
03100202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flat surface
F
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 194211 n/a
Drainage area
59.5 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 459655600 n/a