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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1986-08-06 1991-01-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1986-08-06 1990-12-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1986-08-06 1991-01-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1986-08-06 1990-12-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1986-08-06 1990-12-17
Microbiological Water-quality 1986-10-07 1991-01-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1986-10-07 1990-08-21
Physical Water-quality 1986-08-06 1991-01-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1986-04-09 1991-03-02
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02423409 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Shelby County, Alabama. Water data back to 1986 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02423409 n/a
Site name
LAKE PURDY NEAR CAHABA HEIGHTS ALABAMA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 332735 n/a
DMS longitude 0864006 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.45982875 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.6683197 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Alabama 01
State
Alabama 01
County
Shelby County 117
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03150202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
42.70 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 42.70 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN 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 n/a