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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-06-09 1970-06-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-02-27 1970-06-09
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-06-09 1970-06-09
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-06-09 1970-06-09
Nutrient Water-quality 1968-02-27 1970-06-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1968-02-27 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2009-05-24 2023-09-01
n/a Site Visits 2008-10-08 2024-08-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02300882 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Florida. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1968 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02300882 n/a
Site name
NORTH PRONG ALAFIA RIVER NEAR NICHOLS FL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 275324 n/a
DMS longitude 0820043 n/a
Decimal latitude 27.89030394 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.01175129 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 S9 T30S R23E n/a
Name of location map NICHOLS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03100204
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
39.0 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